The Goblets of War (2008)

My Goblets of War are deeply linked to my Inscriptions Project, but the Goblets are older.

How do you tell a story without words?

And then there are some words I heard once in a dream.

I heard in a rumour
that there was a war
all over the world
before we were born.

When I started writing poetry, my working title was Rumours of a War before We Were Born.

What was the War before we were born? What place was that? What place is this?

Are these Ball-Players? Is this a conflict?

Almost every scene involves spearmen.

Is this the moment before a battle, or after?

Is this a herdsman, or a wizard, or a priest?

Is this figure female? Or is this an altar?

Is this a place, a destination?

Are these wagons part of some migration?

What kind of animals did they have?