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In Their Wake
December 5, 2001
| Sabertooth
Posted on 12/05/2001 5:45:03 AM PST by Sabertooth
In Their Wake
Up among the ancient Afghan bluffs,
Bin Laden the pretender mulls his plot.
This Allah's Mahdi lost to fate's rebuff:
He called "Jihad!" But echoes jeer his thought.
The Silk Roads veiled about the Khyber Pass
Allure the Conquerors to grasp at glory.
Their blood-caked legions trample down the grass,
With brimstone in their wake, and woe their story…
How Alexander whipped his crimson rains!
How Ghengis Khan raised pyramids of heads!
"I am the Scourge of God!" roared Tamurlane.
All victors; all defeated; all are dead.
Deep in the earth all conquerors learn well,
That only One has conquered death and hell.
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Appreciate your verse. Thanks.
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12/05/2001 5:51:08 AM PST
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harpseal
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Well done, Saber. You have the classical touch in all your poetry. Also deep insight.
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12/05/2001 5:58:55 AM PST
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trifecta! WTG ST!
Bless you!
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12/05/2001 6:04:13 AM PST
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Deep in the earth all conquerors learn well,
That only One has conquered death and hell.
QUIT making a run on my gold stars!!
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12/05/2001 6:08:20 AM PST
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12/05/2001 6:20:47 AM PST
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WIMom
To: Sabertooth
Sabertooth for American Poet Laureate!
[You are a Truth Teller, Sabertooth -- and a Creator of much Beauty!]
FReegards
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Deep in the earth all conquerors learn well,
That only One has conquered death and hell. Amen.
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Please promise to continue to bless us with your poems!
I have enjoyed your posts, but I have to admit that this was the first poem of yours that I read!
Thanks for adding a "Touch of Class" to Free Republic's Life Form!
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Kudos! Thank you so much for the heads up!!!
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