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This poem of mine was a result of a challenge to write a good fic based on a bad prompt. The prompt basically boiled down to 'Percabeth pirate AU', and because it's from the heavily Greek-influenced Percy Jackson and the Olyimpians, I decided to do it in heroic verse. Because it still takes place in America, though, I'm using English heroic verse, which is iambic pentameter, rather than Greek dactylic hexameter. Here's the first canto:

Canto 1

O Calliope, I pray you sing of love,
A romance great and set in stars above,
To me grant voice to tell this history,
The tale of love that is Song of the Sea.

A story beginning not too long ago
A story not far from all the world you know
But I shall tell you what background I can
For you deserve to know how this began.

In era filled with lawlessness and strife
Piracy, war, and robbery were rife.
The seas were ruled by the Pirate King,
But land was the domain of War'ior Queen.

Perseus was the Pirate King's true name,
They say he was born of the sea and dame.
Through every sea his ship the Blackjack went,
'Till all who dared defy this name had bent.

None know from where the Warrior Queen did come,
But she did wish to rule, her will be done.
From humble depths she rose with striking speed,
Amazon strength, keen mind, heroic deeds.

Their worlds apart, beyond each other's ken,
I know 'twould seem to be no good omen
For two to be so far away and gone,
Fear not, the Royals intersect here on.