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September 2012

King Billy and The Pope

The touring Orangemen in Stormont, To see the picture came, The victor of the Boyne, Who banished Popery to shame, But when …

Westwärts schauende Dame

Sie schaut aus, über’s Meer – Kein Land in Sicht – Nur Wasserweite himmelwärts. Und sie geht am Strand entlang. Auf dem …

Verse to a Praying Druid

Druids prayer – to a god you know And have prayed to through the years That you say has never let you …

If Poets Had Consequence

In bardic Ireland, a satire poem so destroyed a kings reputation he would have to give up his crown. The only other …

When Aged, Who Will Hold Her Hand?

When aged, who will hold her hand, Remember joys and woes, And who will hold mine when aged am I, As life …

Non Plus Ultra

Non plus ultra, so the Spaniards said, Beyond horizon, no more to be found Last land on the face of the earth, …