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Chess Pieces
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Series: Hugh MacLennan Poetry, Book 3
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ISBN10: 0773519017
ISBN13: 9780773519015
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Mar 30 1999
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.30 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780773519015
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Mar 30 1999
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.30 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.40
Language: English
But never underestimate
the powers of the pawn
who can promote into a queen
and put a kingdom on,
killing on the side,
outpriest the priest, and leave the knight
without a horse to ride, and trip the elevated rook
to bring it crashing down,
and nudge the misanthropic queen
into oblivion, and stop before great Caesar's throne,
a tiny regicide,
and watch a cornered monarch fall,
and ponder how he died. --from The Powers of the Pawn
into oblivion, and stop before great Caesar's throne,
a tiny regicide,
and watch a cornered monarch fall,
and ponder how he died. --from The Powers of the Pawn
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