Spectral Horse Poems No. 3

By Simon Pole

More poems about the Last Supper, Modern Warfare, the Second Coming, Viking Kings, Wicked Tories and our Dreams, all written in modern rhyming and musical verse, as well as the sonnet form. Includes the complete verse novella, Ella and Eidelvard in 43 stanzas.

No.3 in the Spectral Horse chapbook series from Simon Pole, author of The Saga of Terminal City.

Poems Included:

Commemoration
Progress
I Will Wait
A Vicious, Vicious Fight
Harald, the Hard-Ruler
The Atheist’s Funeral
Christian Canada
One Among Many
Grave Goods
Ella and Eidelvard
Satan’s Yard
The Wicked Tory
Night, Joyful Night

Bio

His mind corrupted by childhood exposure to horror movie matinees, but equally enthralled by the atmosphere of old churches, Simon Pole writes cosmic poetry from the location of Vancouver, British Columbia. A graduate of Harvard University, Simon has continued his studies of what is hidden in the dark. Writing is also in his blood, being the great-great-grandson of early Canadian poet Susie Drury.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon Pole
• Release date: Mar 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311744067

Simon Pole

His mind corrupted by childhood exposure to horror movie matinees, but equally enthralled by the atmosphere of old churches, Simon Pole writes cosmic poetry from the location of Kingsville, Ontario. A graduate of Harvard University, Simon has continued his studies of what is hidden in the dark. Writing is also in his blood, being the great-great-grandson of early Canadian poet Susie Drury.

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Spectral Horse Poems

Simon Pole

No. 3

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Table of Contents

Commemoration

Progress

I Will Wait

A Vicious, Vicious Fight

Harald the Hard-Ruler

The Atheist’s Funeral

Christian Canada

One Among Many

Grave Goods

Ella and Eidelvard

Satan’s Yard

The Wicked Tory

Night, Joyful Night

About the Author

Commemoration

Of that new wine he would not drink again,

Until our kingdom with goodness is set:

That which is coming, but coming not yet,

Our table with love will be loaded then.

Each day I pray to remember you Lord,

Our kingdom before of honey and milk,

Where led us you free from Egyptian ilk,

Won by the efforts of Joshua’s sword.

O Lord, I recall, you endured what we,

On our daily cross both suffer and see:

Total-shared bondage to which you submit,

As we submit with the promise of old,

Made new by the meal where we also sit,

And you, dear Jesus, rise conqueror bold.

Progress

I am Mr. Gatling Gun,

Come let’s go and have some fun.

Feed me bullets in my spout,

I in turn will spit them out

On the soldiers in their trench,

While the crank you duly wrench,

And the barrels spin around,

As give