Chess Poetry 2
Challenge: Write a chess themed poem.
Porcelain chess set as seen on on Ebay with no affiliation to HerMoveNext Foundation Inc.
BY AnAn Liu
Her League member & her news contributor
Poetry
“T.a.c.t.i.c.s. o.n. b.o.a.r.d. t.o. w.i.n.”
“The warriors line up
All hopes up and ready
Calling the general to defeat the defensive line of soldiers
Teaming up to protect the snow-colored king
In the middle of his throne
Cramped in the center
Still guiding the way.
On a battlefield
Nobody plays by the rules.
But this is not a battlefield
Or any other war-based fight
Although it certainly looks it
Rather — it’s mind and strategy
Diving into your focus and inner strength.
Together, working as one
One, because here, you work for what you want, you don’t:
Wish for what you want
In this tactful gambit — and look, I’m
Near the porcelain king and it’s over.”