The Cook and the Court Jester (Part One)

The cook and the court jester
they ran off together
leaving in the dead of the night.

The missing king's gold
untold pounds we were told
the jester stole in his flight.

Jester took such abuse
before he finally let loose
with a tirade aimed at the king.

Thrown into iron chains
he would never complain
but continued to laugh and sing.

On parchment it was on
to be quartered and drawn
the order handed down from the court.

His friends scattered round
did not want to be found
in the company of any of his sort.

But the cook was the one
who took pity upon
the jester and his sorry plight.

She cooked up the plan
for she so loved the man
to risk running into the night.

She gave food to the guard
where he collapsed in the yard
and ran with the key in her hand.

To the jester's cold cell
she found him unwell
with effort he barely could stand.

The cook had horses outside
for they surely could ride
with her love under the night sky.

With bags of the king's gold
they rode off in the cold
in their dreams they knew they could fly.
Linked at Poets and Storytellers United: Writers' Pantry #15: All About That Love

The Cook and the Court Jester (Part Two)

22 comments:

  1. Wow, love your verse story. Looking forward to further instalments.

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    1. Thank you very much, Rosemary. There is more to come.

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  2. Wow what a wonderful tale. Great imagination and very well written. I enjoyed this

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    1. Thank you, Marja. Very much appreciated and I'm glad you liked it.

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  3. I enjoyed your love story in verse, Joel, and look forward to the next part. I’m delighted the cook took pity on the jester - I didn’t want him to be quartered and drawn, a terrible way to die.

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    1. It started with the first verse hanging around in my head for a couple of days. I've got more to come. Sorry about the quartered and drawn, it sort of fit.
      I'm glad you liked this, Kim. Thank you

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  4. How easy it was to visualize the scenes in this poem Joel.

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  5. Yea! Hopefully they lived happily ever after.

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  6. This is incredibly gripping! Looking forward to the next installment!

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    1. Thank you, Sanaa. There is more to this story. I appreciate your kind words.

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  7. I can't wait to see where this adventure will take them. Also, I bet their descendants (if things go well and they birth some) would have a fantastic time telling the tale of how these two got together.

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    1. Their journey may go in interesting places. Thank you for your kind words, Magaly and for an interesting idea.

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    1. I'll try to get another installment next week. Thank you, ZQ.

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  9. This is fantastic! Can't wait to read more.

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    1. Thank you, Susie. I'm glad you liked this. There is more to come.

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  10. Amazing tale of love and compassion. What made me pause to smile broadly was thd irony of cook, cooking up that plan

    Happy Easter

    Much🌼love

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    1. I just threw that into the mix. Thank you, Gillena. I'm glad you liked this.

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