Friendship is Poetry

by Loganberry

Elizabeakan Theatre (Stare Master)

Mare jewel! How can ye fearsome be, yet cool?
Is it because your eyes have power to Stare?
Then know that mercy is your golden rule:
And greater kindness do, to save but scare.
So when three fillies visited, I swear
They saw the power of your imperious eyes,
And after Sweetie sang, a chicken... where?
Into the forest dark, where danger lies!
The CMC essayed a trip unwise:
The monster stoned, as cockatrices do,
Fair Twilight! Then the fillies' anguished cries
Brought you to them, fine courage found anew.

You mercy showed that creature; let it be;

And calm befell the woods of Everfree.

Author's Note:

Inspired by "Amoretti: Sonnet 49" by Edmund Spenser. The title was just too bad a pun to resist!

Comments

[Eliki]

Well once again my lack of poetry know-how means I can't really say all that much about this, except to say that it was yet another enjoyable piece of work, and although I don't know if this was the case, it appears that it would have been quite a complex one to put together. I also like the "Mare jewel" in the opening lines which seemed an unusual but appropriate description. :)

[Loganberry]

5403887 Thanks! It's a sonnet, well a sonnet of sorts. The poem it's based on is certainly a sonnet: this one. As you'll see, its first words are "Faire cruel" -- which finds an echo in my version's "mare jewel".

[Eliki]

5404319 Oh yes, I see! Very clever, especially as the original one mentions cockatrices.

[Loganberry]

5404443 Not only does it mention cockatrices, it also has that phrase about "imperious eyes" -- which I kept as it seemed perfect for Fluttershy's Stare!

[Loganberry]

5405341 Thanks; that one was a lot of fun to write!

[Loganberry]

5426909 Don't sell yourself short! In any case, there are several other poems here (eg "Green Grass and Hay" and "Auntie Freeze") that are just for fun rather attempting than anything more complex.

[Loganberry]

5508951 Thank you! (And thanks for the other comments as well; they're much appreciated.) The original poem is the one that begins "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness."