Taming the Warlord
By Sarah Ashwood
Some year long ago
There was a young maid
Beloved by a warlord
With axe, shield, and blade
On meeting her once
He inquired of her name
She did not reply
He was far too untame
But being a warlord
Of barbarian stock
He swept her right up
Alas, she was caught!
On taking her home
He made her his bride
But quickly found out
He hadn’t been wise
For all her sweet looks
Her frail girlish charms
Her backbone was steel
As hard as his arms
With tantrums and smiles
With kisses and tears
She molded, she broke him
And taught him true fear
At present the warlord
Once barbarian, he
Is now a quite passive
Proud father of three
The bride he has chosen
And given his name
For all she was mere woman
The warlord did tame
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Sarah Ashwood is a twenty-three year old, full-time college student working towards a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from American Military University. She is a member of the International Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa, and has been selected for the National Dean’s List. Sarah has recently joined a second honour society, The Golden Key, and has been invited to join a third—Delta Epsilon Tau.
Sarah’s poetry was first published in the October 2007 edition of Art and Prose. In November of 2007 she won first place in a local literary contest for an essay on the importance of reading. Since that time, her work—poetry and prose, fantasy and non-fantasy, fiction and non-fiction—has appeared in such publications as Aoife’s Kiss, Flashing Swords Press, Mindflights, Outdoors Spectacular, The Lorelei Signal, Abandoned Towers, New Myths, TeenAge, Silver Blade, and Wanderings Magazine. As of March 2009, future work will appear in Homeschooling Today and Devozine.
Sarah’s first book, a volume of poetry titled A Minstrel's Musings, was published by Cyberwizard Productions in April 2009. In 2010, Sarah’s Young Adult fantasy novel, Knight’s Rebirth, will also be published by Cyberwizard Productions. Sarah’s western-fantasy short story, Twenty-Two, has been selected to appear in a Best of 2008 anthology published by The Lorelei Signal; it will be available later this year. Along with her cousin, Carol Green, Sarah is co-editor of the fantasy ezine, Moon Drenched Fables. For more information, visit www.sarahashwood.homestead.com.
