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He starts the furthest from the king

 

Then glides around him, castling,

 

Ready to sweep the ranks and files,

 

Protect and threaten back-row tiles.

 

Doubling, windmills, subtle bridges;

 

Showing equal might from edges.

 

Bone in the throat, the masters know;

 

Release the rook to smite your foe.

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At the risk of taking myself too seriously, I find that a little off.  I will be writing one for the knight, as I have done the Q already and finally decided to do the others but poetry is a personal thing - sure you share it, as I have all my writing, but to do this I have considered many aspects of the rooks and what they mean to me - their delicate nature belying their apparent crudity, the fact that they are the only piece not hindered in the amount they control by the squares they sit on (just other pieces), etc.  Its part of why I have 2 rook tattoos and a rook piercing.  If you want to spend 2 minutes to just rhyme, I guess thats your prerogative.

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Fine man, I did qualify it in my first sentence.  Take others with more respect and you might deserve it.

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Fine I tried to explain civilly.  Go troll someone else.