2026-09-06T17:41:56Z https://d.moonfire.us/tags/the-hound-of-illustir/ D. Moonfire Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 2019-04-30T05:00:00Z https://d.moonfire.us/blog/2019/04/30/poem/

On the thirthieth day of National Poetry Month, I present a poem about battle and fighting for a cause.

<p>On the thirthieth day of National Poetry Month, I present a poem about battle and fighting for a cause. The specific culture doesn't have a lot of details in my world yet, but <a href="https://fedran.com/hound-of-illustir/">The Hound of Illustir</a> will probably be one of the first (and my world's version of <em>Old Yeller</em>). It will be interesting because I only have a few notes so far and a number of <a href="https://fedran.com/almanac/">Almanac</a> entries.</p> <p><em>My Father's Ring</em></p> <pre><code class="language-poem">My father's ring Worn in the Battle of Takair He died a week later Now I wear it to my own battle. My father's father's ring Cut from his finger in disgrace His betrayal still hurts Now I wear it to remind me to charge. My father's father's father's ring Forged when we still had a home Shapes of irons he dug up Now I wear it to survive. My father's father's father's father's ring Given to us by a foreigner A payment for his youngest daughter Now I wear it to save her children. </code></pre>