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Seasmoke House of the Dragon

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(Poem 206 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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Seasmoke has spoken
without words, choosing
a rider for himself from
the Velaryon lineage.
His Addam is a first  
among men in that he
was sought out by the
beast and selected for
the bond, plucked from
the sea of obscurity his
illegitimacy destined.
The gods are as wise as
they are capricious.

@Home Studio – 206th poem of the year (after watching House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 6.)

Condal, Ryan and George R. R. Martin, creators. House of the Dragon. HBO Entertainment and Warner Bros., 2024.

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The Mouths of Ghosts House of the Dragon

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(Poem 205 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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“With the king’s promises…you can feed the mouths of ghosts.” Mrs. Hammer

While the Sea Snake grieves
the Queen Who Never Was,
his granddaughter must lift
his gaze beyond self-pity and
remind him of the duty he owes
his queen who is blood and fire.

While the King Consort slowly
descends into madness amidst
strangers and ghosts at Harrenhal,
memories and regrets haunt
his dreams stealing his peace,
darke magic weakening him.

While the Usurper King lays
melted by dragon fire and pain,
the lowborn people starve and
wale and weep as one because
the gates are barred and the
stores are empty as a dry well.

@Home Studio – 205th poem of the year (after watching House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 5.)

Condal, Ryan and George R. R. Martin, creators. House of the Dragon. HBO Entertainment and Warner Bros., 2024.

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Impossible Peace  House of the Dragon

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(Poem 197 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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The Hatfields and McCoys-like family feud
that was the Brackens and Blackwoods
paled in comparison to the bodies used
for fodder by those fighting for the throne.
The Dance of Dragons has begun in earnest,
despite the unspoken awareness by all that
bloodshed of kin by kin is a most appalling
form of violence to the gods of their ancestors.
While the men gnash their teeth, and their
dragons chomp at the bit, the women kneel
before alters of stone lighting candles and
whisper of impossible peace, the intent of
kings, and the wishes for undoing wrongs.

@Home Studio – 197th poem of the year (after watching House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 3.)

Condal, Ryan and George R. R. Martin, creators. House of the Dragon. HBO Entertainment and Warner Bros., 2024.

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Brotherly Love – House of the Dragon

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(Poem 183 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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The sacrificial lamb
for one man’s guilt
results in the death of
one soul split in two.

One name in twain,
bifurcated broken hearts
bent on split loyalties
divided by ideologies.

A dancing duet of
swords and pain,
a dyad in tandem
with lives of service.

This brotherly love
can only end in grief,
for the end of one
means the end of both.

@Home Studio – 183rd poem of the year (Spoiler Alert: after watching House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 2; Erryk and Arryk.)

Condal, Ryan and George R. R. Martin, creators. House of the Dragon. HBO Entertainment and Warner Bros., 2024.

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Grieving Mother – House of the Dragon

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(Poem 180 for 2024 – I am writing a poem a day)

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The mother does what
any mother must do after
receiving the worst news
imaginable; she mounts
her dragon and flies as far
as she must for confirmation
with her own eyes that her
son has been taken from
this world in a vicious attack.
She must reckon with the
knowledge that all could
have been prevented by
her every step of the way,
so she has herself to blame
for her baby ending up in the
belly of the enemy’s beast.
A son for a son will become
the battle cry that brings
only blood to the realm.
Winter is truly coming.

@Home Studio – 180th poem of the year (after watching Season 2, Episode 1 of House of the Dragon)

Condal, Ryan and George R. R. Martin, creators. House of the Dragon. HBO Entertainment and Warner Bros., 2024.

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