(XCIII) ~> Sir
Samurai Sonnet
[Lyrics for Ode to the Samurai]
(Sung to the theme music of “The
Seven Samurai”)
An exemplary life you
lead Sir Samurai
Brave all the odds sans
make one lame alibi
Come rain come snow, wildest
tempests defy
Yearn for the quarter
of the rare starry sky
Through trying times calmly
your grief dignify
By the sword you
live, by the sword you die.
Much like the flag in
the crucible of battles
The samurai’s valor vaingloriously
unfurls
Nor fears nor doubts,
not a smidgen of dismay
The samurai soldiers
on to clinch victory
Just like the wind
that the wicked tempest unleashed
You consume your
strength by blowing over your best:
Your lifelong quest
is to make one huge difference
With persuasive means
not excluding violence!!!
This is my latest attempt at minting some verses to go with the music of the theme from Akira Kuruisawa's epic film The Seven Samurai. I hereby acknowledge the help that my recent exposure to some of the verse-smiths at AllPoetry.com in finally stringing together a few lines to gel into a semblance of the sonnet.
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