(prompt #22 picture of the cave where the anchor resides \u201ctoday\u201d in Onweald; this poem I’ll need to edit some more (obvs) and use in a fantasy short story that supports a longer novel coming out in 2021)<\/p>\n
The Anchor of Jawll<\/strong><\/p>\n By Sandy Lender<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the land of Kida, the king left his bride<\/p>\n As was custom for family, custom for kin<\/p>\n He sought the gods\u2019 favor, \u2018fore ocean tide<\/p>\n Could overtake Kida\u2019s outer seawall again<\/p>\n <\/p>\n His task was worthy<\/p>\n His task was grand<\/p>\n For going to sea,<\/p>\n They stood to a man<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the land of Kida, the king left his bride<\/p>\n And the women she governed both fairly and kind<\/p>\n No maid, young or old, would dare leave her side<\/p>\n To protect Kida\u2019s seawall, the women stayed by<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Within their great hall<\/p>\n King Dlan left a gift<\/p>\n The anchor of Jawll<\/p>\n Which no man could lift<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the land of Kida, the king left his bride<\/p>\n And treasures among them bought them much favor<\/p>\n With the gods and the priests and the Ungol pride<\/p>\n But Queen Lelta\u2019s loyalty never did waver<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Across the deep ocean<\/p>\n Of seven isles<\/p>\n Dlan took ev\u2019ry man<\/p>\n Through angriest trials<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the land of Kida, the king left his bride<\/p>\n The anchor of Jawll that glowed and then spoke<\/p>\n To judge who would threaten their ranks from inside<\/p>\n With this gift the queen knew who healed and who broke<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Across the bleak ocean<\/p>\n For seven long years<\/p>\n With ev\u2019ry seaman<\/p>\n King Dlan disappeared<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the land of Kida, the queen took her place<\/p>\n Using the greatest treasure of them all<\/p>\n Blending the peoples who would join their race<\/p>\n Testing their worth with the anchor of Jawll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (prompt #22 picture of the cave where the anchor resides \u201ctoday\u201d in Onweald; this poem I’ll need to edit some more (obvs) and use in a fantasy short story that supports a longer novel coming out in 2021) The Anchor of Jawll By Sandy Lender…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[482,3999],"class_list":["post-76141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-fantasy-genre","tag-onweald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76167,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76141\/revisions\/76167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}