Victory Roll
In an awesome display of speed and power
The victor guided his fighter back over the cheering citizens
A low deafening roar of victory
Doing a victory roll in his exaltation and overflowing adrenalin rush
As his vanquished enemies burned and melted in their ruin
His fighter blazing away into the distance
As open-mouthed people look up in wonder
As their saviour, at their angel of death
Understanding in their joy that destruction is beautiful
Menace has an art
Fear is an advantage
As smoke billows from the fiery mangled wreckage of their foes
Their pyre of ecstasy
Boys want to be him
Girls want to marry him
He only lives for the clouds
And that searing speed
About this poem
WW2 fighter pilot
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Written on March 15, 2005
Submitted by dcoad on September 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFAGHIJKCLLMN |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 665 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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