Bishop - Dashing Tangentally,
 Across the chequered floor,
Cries "The King is Dead!"
 For his Castles are destroyed,
His Knights in disarray,
 The Footsoldiers - mere Pawns
Stood their ground to no avail
 Defensive wall breeched 
Sacrifice opening the way
 For sundering blow
Even his Queen has left
 And he stands alone
Alone to accept that
 This is finally
Checkmate

4 responses to “Checkmate”

  1. Like this

  2. You’re a man of many talents, Martin. Yes!

    1. Thanks DebraπŸ˜ŽπŸ‘ Sometimes I need a trigger – I was approached by a Serbian friend, Vasilije, who asked if I knew of any poems about Chess as he was entering a photo competition and was looking for inspiration… So I wrote him one🀣

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