Repose And Aggression Poem by Daniel Brick

Diff states and conditions of the swords in diff. situations were detailed here from castle... Macbeth... to Tao. enjoyed reading it.

Through the history of these swords, you were also leading the readers through an amazing journey starting from medieval castles, halting in Macbeth's palace and ending with the places of worship of the Tai Chi devotees! It was also a journey from aggression to repose! A sword can cut through and destroy the opponent as the one used by Macbeth to murder Macdonwald...a weapon of aggression! It can also be used for protecting somebody superior, at the detriment of one's own life like the one used by the samurai warriors to protect thier feudal lords! After killing the enemy they keep the sword away and even pray for the soul of the slain opponent...Here the aggressiveness lessens! Again another set of swords used as part of a ritual or just as an embellishment like the one used by the Tao men. The wielder of this red sword swishes it and cuts the ambient air, spilling no blood! It is carried while performing some sort of a dance to achieve a kind of unification of the yin and yang and there by entering a state of perfect repose of the soul! Wonderful was this transition from Aggression to Repose!

Between the fencing rapiers, to the bastardly 2 handed claymores & broadswords through the warrior and knights that swung them to the samurai swords & katanas, daimyo's and the shoguns that rose are the men that slashed their ways into the hearts of their foes and into the people that loved to watch them down to the kata used in form an ability through the method of tai chi sword practice where one would hone their skillset in that of the red sword. This is a creative ode to the different warriors from different eras and parts of the world with the many varying styles and abilities brought to the table with the different swords implimented. This is a really good poem in the topic that it touches on and how you creatively pulled all of these warriors together in one poem. I like the double meaning these lines hold 'fence the other one into a corner, drive the point home! ' As one that loves human movement and the various forms of hand to hand or weapon combat I really dug this poem for the overall theme and will probably find myself a good flick to go watch now because of it. Nicely done.

Read this poem few times not because I am trying to analyze it but because I liked the structure. Yes swords are of many kind. best is the one that frees you and worst is the one that kills your soul. Your pen as a sword is excellent.

There are so many ways this poem can be interpreted...From the title, I presume that it refers to the pen and the sword. Each version enfolds an evidential truth, which is as well available and under metaphor...The Red Sword is definitely my favourite version...It slices the ambient air, causing no wound, drawing no blood. Liberation is what the dancer seeks for himself, for the loved ones, for everyone. What a great way of expression and depth you used in this poem! And the most beautiful and creative is the repetitive line at the end of each version.