Axis & Allies - damowords

Britain Determinʹd
As the Sun‐King stoppʹd by coalition,
Europe combines to smite manʹs arrogance,
The British Empire in opposition
To Prussia, Spain, the Netherlands & France;
One mighty fleet
Carvʹd from myriad trees,
Grown able to compete with those who own the seas.
Now that red sun of Indiaʹs
Rises with an angry shine
& the Maharatta Rajas
Stiffen independant spine,
Raise the flag against their ʹmasters,ʹ
Britannia forms a line
Sensing Delhi vital to her empire,
Brings down the rebels with a hail of fire
Ten thousand ships beseige the rock
To beat her to the knees,
Their cannons knock, such red hot shock,
But futile days are these
Britain refuses to leave the Pillars of Hercules.
Gibralta
1782
Independance
As Essex battlʹd Tyroneʹs Ulstery
When chivalry was boggʹd down in the peat,
Cornwallis seeks American mercy,
Yorktownʹs surrender rendering defeat;
British empire,
Pittʹs darling, lying wreckʹd,
Gunnʹd down in hatredʹs fire, a time for retrospect.
The news whisperʹd to MacDonald,
Half‐flickers of emotion,
Tho body limp a mind so old
Still swam across an ocean,
Saw Glencoeʹs massacre unfold,
Thought, ʺRevenge...ʺ slow‐motion
Drops chin to chest as poppies plush with rain
Decline their heads & drooping kiss the plain.
George Washington first president,
E Pluribus unum,
His government now re‐invent
The grecian theorum,
Grand sentry of manʹs liberty from now til kingdom come.
The United States of America
1783