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A Nation Born

11/28/2020

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Obliv’ous ants march ‘round dry stalks of hay,
What momentar’ly hide me from my foe,
We patr’ots hearing distant horses neigh,
Await the beat of drum and fifer’s blow,

Calm wind doth bear sweet smell of sulf’rous smoke,
While blackened sweat doth fall on bloodied soil,
Grim orders from the rear, though hushly spok’t,
Bring tension ‘mongst the troops as tight’ning coil,

When bugle’s blast beats roar of canon fire,
Ten thousand men doth rise with rebel yell,
Who charge through rain of lead in seething ire,
Intent to show vile e-ne-mies to Hell,

Some men do fly; some draw their final breath,
Some men do cry: ‘Tis Liberty or Death!

​- Scott Alexander McKenzie
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Blue Jay

11/20/2020

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Carolina highlands, I love thee so,
Where, from mine humble forest perch, I spy,
The colors of thy quilt in vivid show,
And gentle woman seemingly awry,

Free with flight, I glide to nearby twig,
To find despondent pose and heavy sighs,
Appearing as poor widowed goddess, Frigg,
With song, I ask, “What reason for these cries?”

“I see you there,” she says, “Do not mind me,
I’m merely seeking peace from troubled ways,
I fear my only option is to flee, 
As one and only cure for this malaise.”

“I see,” say I, with ruffled feather preen,
"For now, I gladly sit with thee, my queen."

​- Scott Alexander McKenzie
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Regret

11/19/2020

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You say: the world, it doth bewilder me,
I am now new and these are complex things,
E’en bloodied scrape ‘pon this but youthful knee,
Commixed in pain; with raw confusion brings,

I say: those moraled stories writ by thee,
What scrawled in ebb tide sand with driftwood wand, 
Were simply passing whims ‘fore life’s great sea,
Returned to He, not ye, who was unfond,

You see not me, nor do you seem to care,
As I for you in my lamenting ways,
To enterprising deed, worthwhile affair, 
Just trav’ler caught in unrelenting haze,

Oh, me!  I call to rooms devoid of thee,
Hear mine hallowed call: let thine eyes see!

​- Scott Alexander McKenzie
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Volume III is Available now

11/6/2020

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Sonnets, Volume III has just been released.

You may purchase an author-signed copy in the Bookstore, or you can buy it unsigned, through Amazon.
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