Hawk Shadow/Heroines [edit]

[dukealien]

I love this.  Especially the framework poem with the winged shadow. I enjoyed how imagination jumps in and suddenly the biker has transformed into a mythological being.  I love that he never turns to look at the bird.  I enjoyed this journey, thank you.  

Very glad you liked it.  Strange notions, one gets.

I find this quite a fascinating bit of speculation -- but I must confess, were I to be one of those select heroines I'd probably tend to prefer the eternal roistering than the dullness of tea and small talk.  I suppose it's lucky I'm in no danger of parrot-Valkyrie collection

I love the sounds throughout this, especially wings/pinions/pirate.  I wonder if it should not be "Wagnerian Valkyrie"?  

Thank you for the opportunity for some light and delightful contemplation.

Completely correct - that line is a mess, rushed to get on with the inner speculation.  "Wagner Valkyrie" is especially awful:  if you don't use the German pronunciation of the composer's name, "Wag-ner Valkyrie" comes out as... what, the brand and model of a 1930s motorcycle?  And "Wagner" is no adjective, even properly pronounced.  After wrestling with it a bit, less is more:  scratch Wagner and replace with nothing.  No need for pentameter.

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the astute critique.  On a different plane, it's all routine these days:

"Congratulations on your choice of hill to die on, Ms. L.  Very heroic, impossible odds.  Jean will be your Valkyrie this evening."

"What kind of name is that?  Is 'Jean' a girl or a fella?"

"Yes.  Now if you'll check the menu,  you may choose ale, absinthe, pink gin, or tea."

"Absinthe?  Do they die here?"

"Repeatedly, if they did it heroically the first time."

"Ale, then."

"Capital.  Jean, a Classic over here!"