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King of the Thieves
Whoever said
Lawbreaking was bad business?
I'd like to give them
A piece of my mind.
Laws were made
To be broken.
I know someone
On the wrong side
Of the law.
He's a thief.
Not just any Rogue.
The King of the Thieves.
Right noble, he is.
More so than
Those fools
With their fancy
Blue bloodlines,
And sprawling
Family trees.
He's a gentleman, too.
And a foe of
The lawless.
The Rogue has
Its own law.
They aren't rules.
They're a way of life.
For them as that
Make their living by
Their wits.
Only the best survive.
And he is the best
Of the best.
They call him "Majesty,"
Here in the city.
Because that is what
He is.
He commands
The respect of all.
He's fair, but tough.
He likes things done right.
There are some as would
Question the honor
Of the King of the Thieves,
But I know better.
For when we dance
On a moonlit veranda
And he kisses me sweet,
Beneath a pair
Of doves,
Dancing
In a star-filled sky,
How could he have ever
Loved any but me?
Or broken
The true
Laws
Of the city?
Or been anything but
A most honorable King
Of Thieves?
- by METRO SKiiES |
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- | Submitted on 05/18/2009 |
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- Title: King of the Thieves
- Artist: METRO SKiiES
- Description: Who knew boring math classes were so productive? A poem with an interesting new format I wanted to try out. Influenced by the adventures of George Cooper in Tamora Pierce's "The Song of the Lioness" quartet. There are four lines/phrases that tie back to the books in my poem. I'm a fan too! I also take the liberty of using the term "Rogue" in my poem, another detail from Pierce's books. The writing of the poem, however, is entirely mine. We Gaians will appreciate it, no? May 18th, 2009.
- Date: 05/18/2009
- Tags: king thieves love laws dance
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Comments (4 Comments)
- jaguarsimurgh - 07/02/2009
- oh my gosh i was thinking that it fit George as i read this and then saw your comment wow this is good c. could you look at my poems.
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- METRO SKiiES - 06/29/2009
- (cont.) I may also be wrong. This is a flawed piece of poetry (I did write it in the middle of math class, remember.) I'll accept my mistakes, and I think I didn't quite catch this poem the way it needed to be... the structure is interesting, but off. It was an experiment of mine, after all.
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- METRO SKiiES - 06/29/2009
- Normally I don't comment in my own poems but I thought I'd clear the Rogue thing up. "Rogue" is a very general term in the books, as far as I could tell. I remember it being used as a term for any thief belonging to the king's organization, the king himself, and the whole organization. Hence we can have "a Rogue," (a thief,) "the Rogue," (the King of the Thieves,) and "the Rogue" (the organization as a whole, i.e. "the Court of the Rogue" or "sealed to the Rogue" wink .
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- Ame_To_Ame - 06/29/2009
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-I loved that character. x3 And the series, as well.
Okay, in one place 'rouge' shouldn't be capitalized, I think. In the books it's a title, but I'm not sure it is here. I'm a little confused, as well. Wasn't the Rouge basically the king of thieves? And yet you say 'Not just any Rouge. The King of Thieves.' Dx Also, "The King of Thieves" is a fragment, not a sentence, so I don't think it's grammatically correct.
And the Rouge is an 'it'?
4/5, still needs... some sort of 'oomph' to it. =/ - Report As Spam