Sunday November 30th, 2008

The exercise:

November ends with day number 175 and the prompt: checkmate.

Mine:

Pawns fell by the wayside,
None listened as they cried;
Bishops prayed for their queen
While watching ghastly scenes

Brave knights waged hellish war
While soulless soldiers tore
And clawed at giant rooks
With blood crazed frenzied looks

Lives were blindly traded;
The king watched and waited.
He hoped his strategy
Would set his people free

Too late he saw the flaw,
Too late to seize a draw;
Before the clock struck nine
He was forced to resign

Hmm, technically not a checkmate... but! He resigned because he saw it coming! Yes, quite so.