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S. Kocurova

"A Ranger´s Song (Poem)" by S. Kocurova

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Another in the series of fantasy character's thoughts. Written as a companion piece to A Dark Lord's Rant. I always wondered what characters like Lan from 'Wheel Of Time' or Aragorn from 'Lord of The Rings' would really feel about 'their' country. Do they care for the lost 'civilisation' or the actual bones of the land? And how would they really feel if their quest was ever done? So imagine a ranger, someone who has spent a long time in the wilderness, who has slowly come to realise that fulfilling his destiny may mean losing all that he really loves...
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I have fallen in love with leaves and sprawling shoots
With the wilful twistings of your forest floor
Rucks placed so sweet my feet know every root
Without having trod that place before

I have fallen in love-
With blaze-charred gorse and veils of dust that rise
As haste finds hidden trails across your moors
With abandoned bones bleached by the skies
Beyond brief lives my love endures:

Through years of hurt with sorrow rift
I still thrilled to storms and tossed trees’ roar
Sensed your seasons’ every shift
I feel your rhythms at my core

And if ever it comes that I shall rest my head
Beneath oaken beams, in feather bed
I’ll twitch like a greyhound in my dreams
For our trysts that were and shall be no more

(Yet do not grudge these hopes, my silent love
For, if after all
Those plans that cost so dear should fail,
And once great armies fall
If we the end alone must face
I know you’ll bend to take my body, frail
And safe into your last embrace.)

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5 Oct 2002:-) K. 'Chieryeh' Loesel
what? no comments? I love it! The rhyming is excellent and it flows very nicely. you have a lot of talent in poetry. 2
3 Nov 2002:-) Annalee Flower Horne
oh, I love it! I just love it!
As a bit of a 'ranger' myself (I do a lot of hiking in the summer- esp. on the Appalacian trail), I really identify with this. You've really captured the feeling well, and your rhyme and metre are practically flawless.
Sorry I can't offer anything constructive... I just LOVE it!

:-) S. Kocurova replies: "Many thanks for your comments...I'm very glad somebody could identify with this. I'd be a big hiker myself if my health ever let me. But be wary...nature is fickle. I fell in love with a forest on holiday about two years ago...spent almost a month cycling around in it every day, and when I got back home it never even sent me a post card! 1"
4 Dec 2002:-) Elisabeth Alberta Garrison
I love this poem! Finally, somebody else understands- some people are *content* being one with nature. Not everybody needs to be around people, 24/7.

:-) S. Kocurova replies: "Yay! I'm glad this is touching people. It was meant to strike a chord somewhere... 1 "
19 Jun 2003:-) Kate 'The Pirate' Riley
hmm this reminds me of a kind of feeling you can't pu ur finger on like when you see a pretty bird or somethin and it gives u a rush. That's the mood I get from the 'I have fallen in love with...' bits. Gives the sense that the ranger is actually at one with nature.

1 S. Kocurova replies: "Oh, wow, thank you! :big smile: I'm glad you got what I was trying to get across."
12 Jul 200345 Clive Snowdon
Good imagery.

:-) S. Kocurova replies: "Ah, a man of few words. 1 Thank you. "
7 Oct 200345 Arwen Gwyneth
A lovely form choice for this poem. It paints vivid images in my mind, very beautiful.. thank you.

:-) S. Kocurova replies: "I'm glad you liked it. I don't know the name of the verse-form (and you'll notice I don't really stick to it). I just try to go with what sounds 'right'."
3 Nov 2005:-) Dan Shevock
cool poem. It's hard sometimes when your true love isn't a person, but an activity, or a place, and that person feels left out. That's sort of what I got out of this poem.
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About 'A Ranger's Song (Poem)':
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 • Created by: :-) S. Kocurova
 • Copyright: ©S. Kocurova. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Ranger, Song, Quest, Destiny, Nature, Land, Country
 • Categories: Warrior, Fighter, Mercenary, Knights, Paladins
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