Kamukara Shogunate

• Ethan Marteene, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2022

In feudal Japan, the pearl of Asia.
After the British queen, Anastasia.
Lied a line of military kings.
With all their shiny swords and things.

Strong in finance, better in war.
For peace didn’t mean anything to them.
“Through mountains, through hills, through snow” soldiers cried.
While riding through the burial grounds of people who had died.

Under the shadows of samurai castles, each year higher they rise.
Beyond the rice fields high on the hills, unbeatable in their size.