Authors note 1: This poems must be read in landscape.
Authors note 2: This poem contains something of my own invention. I call it epimeter. Instead of writing the entire poem in a single unified meter I switch between meters to try and indicate things that might not be expressly conveyed in the text. It's similar to how a cinematographer switches between different camera angles to communicate things to the audience
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A Ballad of Samurai
FantasyWhen a young boy born into a prominent clan of Samurai fails to impress the elders he is sent away to live with a disgraced one armed Samurai. Little does he know that before his injury the warrior was a prodigy with the blade, and will mold him int...