[Critique Group 2] Emailing: Vercingetorix---For 8-29-19 critique session

[Joan Myles]

Hi, Brad.

I'm just checking in, making sure you received the email I sent a couple of
days ago about considering becoming BOE VP.  *The email is below to nudge
you once more*

Please let me know your decision  by Sunday evening,  since the timeline
before our elections is growing short.

Thanks for your thoughtful consideration!
Joan
Nominating Chair

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 4:07 AM James <jamesstarfire at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey There Group 2,
>
> This piece was posted to the list in "National Poetry Month" when it was
> written. I have decided to use it here as I am less happy with my most
> recent writing efforts. Plus, I doubt anyone else will be submitting work
> about the  protagonist of this piece.
>
> ***
> Vercingetorix
> C By Brad Corallo
> Word count 207
>
> "Gaul united, Forming a single nation
> animated by a common spirit,
> can defy the Universe."
>
> So the people of Gergovia sing
> of Vercingetorix, their warrior king!
>
> Where his father failed he united Gaul
> for all the tribesman heard his call.
>
> They brashly challenged Roman might
> putting countless centurions to shameless flight.
>
> He dreamed an end to Roman power
> battling Caesar to win the hour.
>
> And several times he won the day
> with scorched Earth and prowess the legends say.
>
> But in the end wily Caesar did prevail.
> For when all is said, the king did fail.
>
> He was executed in 46 BCE,
> held in chains, no longer free!
>
> But across the ages, his name is known
> for in Auvergne France, tiz still intoned.
>
> NOTE: Quoted lines taken from an inscription on the base of a commemorative
> statue commissioned by Napoleon III in 1865near what was formally Alesia.
> Alesia was the site of the final battle when Vercingetorix was force to
> yield to Julius Caesar in 52 BCE. I first heard his name in sixth grade
> when
> we were studying the history of Greek and Roman civilization. We saw a
> movie
> where his exploits were dramatized. For some reason, I never forgot!
>
> jamesstarfire at gmail.com
>
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