Wasps, Spiders swoop down; plague the land; bring destruction wherever they go. Buzzing Cicadas, Grasshoppers, Locusts Gnaw desolate paths across open field. Their hordes attack with flame and shell; make this world a dying hell. Where it will end, only Lords know. Battle lines drawn; neighbors lend no hand; Lucifer himself flies in low. Gehenna Regained, no fruits left from harvest; hope withdraws; our fates are sealed. Our hordes defend with shell and flame; all things charred look much the same. We pray someday both sides will go. Warrior-Poet in Profile Name: Sandusky Sorrell Rank: MechWarrior Unit: Command Company, Galt's Grenadiers, under contract to House Davion Assignment: Capellan March, the Federated Suns BattleMech: SHD-2H Shadow Hawk, The Gopher Favorite Poetic Form: Any metered verse Major Awards Received: none Featured Poem: "Gehenna Regained" Dedication: "To the hapless victims of war, wherever they may be found" Editor's Note: This most unusual work is written as a single-braid septet, a two-stanza, fourteen line poem employing an ABCDEEB ABCDFFB rhyme scheme. This rare poetic form was briefly popular for romantic themes during the late 27th and early 28th centuries in certain areas of the Free Worlds League. It is difficult to explain how Sorrell even learned of the braided septet, not to mention choosing it for his own work. Reprinted with permissions from BattleBards: 31st Century Warrior-Poets and their Poetry (sixth edition), Ty-sen Jay Ay (editor), Excalibur Press, New Avalon, 3025. BattleTechnology readers will note that biographical information is already out of date; MechWarrior Sorrell now serves in the Galedon Military District of the Draconis Combine, serving with Galt's Grenadiers under contract to House Kurita. Back to BattleTechnology 9 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com