Quadriga I (Copenhagen, Prague, Dresden, Berlin)
︎︎︎ Nathan Worcester
︎ July 10, 2026
There in my 4x4
Roving the star barrows
Grasping at old arrows
Swept to the shore once more
Narrows of pockmarked rock
Vault to bronze ornament
Crown the last tournament
Overlook shock and mock
Armaments blur on her
Tilework and castle gate
Foreigners penetrate
Pigeon fleets stir and whir
Late to the hall I fall
Into the architrave
Marched from an early grave
Kept from the wall, I crawl.
Roving the star barrows
Grasping at old arrows
Swept to the shore once more
Narrows of pockmarked rock
Vault to bronze ornament
Crown the last tournament
Overlook shock and mock
Armaments blur on her
Tilework and castle gate
Foreigners penetrate
Pigeon fleets stir and whir
Late to the hall I fall
Into the architrave
Marched from an early grave
Kept from the wall, I crawl.
Nathan Worcester is a writer from Chicago who lives in northern Virginia.