The New Bucephalus
From both great heights
and the most common level,
many have fallen, and more
will follow. Decide for yourself.
Are you invincible in your little corner
of the world? There is no comfort
when all is in shadow and many
have succumbed to a tyrant
wearing a crown of death.
The Ekphrastic Review offered Edgar Ende’s The New Bucephalus in Ekphrastic Writing Challenge Prompt: Edgar Ende. While my submission did not meet the bar, there are some wonderful selections that were chosen, including those by Kerfe Roig, Merril Smith, and Kim Russel, and they can be read here.
One of the most famous horses of antiquity,
Bucephalus was the horse of Alexander the Great.
Image source: artnet.com
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i can relate to these sentiments. The image looks challenging!
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Thank you. With these ekphrastic challenges, I enjoy learning about the stories behind the art. Sometimes that can be woven into current circumstances.
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A most interesting style of poem, Ken. Well done.
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Thank you, Robbie.
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Your poem comes from a perspective of someone who has a heart. Sociopaths couldn’t care less at the devastation.
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Some of those sociopaths are leaders, and that is even more disturbing. Thank you, Lisa.
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I would daresay more leaders are than are not. Yes, very. The system is inherently flawed it seems to me as it takes a certain sort of person who goes into politics and a certain sort of person that continues to rise in politics. Not that there aren’t exceptions, but the majority I feel are sociopathic powermongers.
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I like yours, Ken. It is certainly timely. I think it did meet the bar–it just wasn’t selected for whatever reason this time.
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Thank you, Merril. I remind myself that not every response fits the needs of the editor, or that a line must be drawn at some point. Also, I understand that my brevity is not everyone’s cup of tea.
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