tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83885910313159389672024-08-29T10:17:32.557-07:00The poem "Knights of Armor Shine" was inspired to me by the twenty four poems found in The Benedictine Monastery of Benediktbeuern in 1803, also known as The Medieval Carmina Burana collection, specifically the poem "O Fortuna". While there are no authors assigned to any of the poems discovered, they were all written with obvious feelings of complete loath. Given this intriguing mystery, an endless path of possibilities as to who and why these poems were written, can intensely inspire anyone.Sandra Nicole Valenzuelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615317138263631191noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8388591031315938967.post-3455980594046458662012-02-04T20:03:00.000-08:002013-04-10T20:59:34.284-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div align="center"> <strong><u><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">Knights of Armor Shine</span></u></strong><br /> <span style="color: black;"><br /> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1qGN2ry3fmc/Ty3CNRk7TaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/4NqPDNYEAx4/s1600/knights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" sda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1qGN2ry3fmc/Ty3CNRk7TaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/4NqPDNYEAx4/s1600/knights.jpg" /></a></div> </div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">With nothing more than a chivalrous death to look forward to,</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">love, affection, or nurturing thoughts were not something these warriors were accustomed to.</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Constantly obligated and forced to stay strong;</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">any comfort or true happiness could not last for too long.</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Although holding a cherished loved one in their arms again, never was a certainty;</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">brave and fearless they fought, these soldiers of the ancient centuries!</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">Resembling the sadly written archives of The Carmina Burana,</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">a knight's only comfort was to die with complete honor.</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">As they fought with unmeasurable bravery,</span></em></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div align="center"> <em><span style="font-size: large;">their motivation was driven, only by the belief&nbsp;in achieving a great victory!</span></em></div> </div> Sandra Nicole Valenzuelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615317138263631191noreply@blogger.com0