I keep my head for M lady Melissa

story poem

 

 

I keep my head

 

I am a bard with tales to tell

I know my trade I know it well.

 I am made welcome when I call

 at any manor house or hall.

 

I have sweet tales of courtly love

which will the ladies spirits move

 and epic tales of battle lore

to entertain the men of war

 

Plus jests and japes of every kind

All carried in my well stocked mind.

I travel round the countryside

 collecting news from far and wide.

 

I try my very best to be

certain of my accuracy

Although sometimes I stretch the truth

 some puissant lord’s anger to soothe.

 

I pride my self on honesty

although some critics disagree.

All bards at times are forced to lie.

There is a simple reason why.

 

 I would much rather live than die

 and when my life’s in jeopardy

I lie as well as any bard

to go on living my reward.

 

10-Jun-08

 

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