My wife and I are extremely fond of these books. Have you read the first two in this series? (I am replying my mail and don't have your posts in front of me.)
OK, then, here is based on second book, Paladin of Souls Ista, we are told, expresses her rage against the gods in a ferocious parody of a traditional children's prayer in rhyming couplets. Here is what I think they might have been like:
Yes, as I said, I didn't have your post in front of me when I was replying.
I was having some problems with what seemed to be slow response, laptop machine, so that is why the double posting. Thanks for cleaning it out, and sorry.
Posting it on my own journal occurred to me after I put on yours, and I've already done so. Thanks! I am pretty new to LiveJournal.
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OK, then, here is based on second book, Paladin of Souls Ista, we are told, expresses her rage against the gods in a ferocious parody of a traditional children's prayer in rhyming couplets. Here is what I think they might have been like:
Chalionese children's prayer
Mark A. Mandel © 2003
(based on Paladin of Souls, Lois Bujold, p. 197, 170)
Sister, guide me as I grow,
Help me learn what I should know.
Mother, make me fit and strong
And keep me sound my whole life long.
Brother, make me strong of heart,
With friends from whom I'll never part.
Father, show me what is right,
From morning till the dark of night.
Bastard, please to let me be
And keep Your demons far from me.
Ista's rage against the gods
Mark A. Mandel © 2003
(based on Paladin of Souls, Lois Bujold, p. 197, 170)
Daughter, was the marriage bed
Designed for two? Or three, instead?
Mother, what you laid on me
Was murder, lies, and treachery.
Son, you stole my son away
With false friends and perverted play.
Father, it's the gift you gave
That sent my husband to his grave.
Bastard, you're the worst of all.
Demons take You and Your call!
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Yes. Didn't I compare HH to CoC? [checks entry] Yup. You should post those poems in your own journal so others can find them.
PS Your poems somehow got posted twice, so I deleted the second one.
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I was having some problems with what seemed to be slow response, laptop machine, so that is why the double posting. Thanks for cleaning it out, and sorry.
Posting it on my own journal occurred to me after I put on yours, and I've already done so. Thanks! I am pretty new to LiveJournal.