Frank E Gibbard Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 The blade flashed on a scaffold bearing one of Man's deadliest designs M. Citizen Robespierre's visage looked up from the basket's confines At Madame la Guillotine, shared equally with his head still oozing blood, Having been given liberty from his corporeal parts. The sickening thud Of his body hardly stirred the tricoteuses who scarcely dropped a stitch But waved their needles in triumph at the revolutionary's terminal twitch. A mob's macabre celebration and bitter voice rose as he slumped to earth, His last part in an orgy of terror to which his fraternity had freely given birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I'm catching up on enjoying some work that has been posted here of late, and this is another one that does not fail to impress. A terrific subject and, as always, a rich vocabulary are matched in a verse that's just in time ... for Halloween. Loved it. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Rotten lot those Frogs! Wish they had beaten NZ all the same. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I tried to ignore my French surname and ancestry as I read this one Frank:-) Vivid recollections of Danton, Robespierre and Marat drummed into us as schoolboys... 'The Reign of Terror' and images immortalised by Dickens and Orczy etc. in didactic books that are probably seldom read any more. Well done. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Nice work, Frank. Halloween received its due on PMO, alright! - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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