Jacob and Esau — LORENZO GHIBERTI
It is not he, the despised, but he who has returned…
You knew me last when but a boy when I left,
I, a man, return to you, much time passed,
But love and respect for you, in my heart strong…
“Cast the brigand to the road!” the order I gave
The fool walks the paths with his kine,
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Posts in category Non Rhyming Poetry
Silver Words from a Mouth of Iron
Jacob and Esau — LORENZO GHIBERTI
It is not he, the despised, but he who has returned…
You knew me last when but a boy when I left,
I, a man, return to you, much time passed,
But love and respect for you, in my heart strong…
“Cast the brigand to the road!” the order I gave
The fool walks the paths with his kine,
[...]
It, Not I
As some sort of abortion legislation is in the pipeline in Ireland after the Savita case, the pro-choice lobby are in their element. They wont stop at alloweing for fetus removal as should have happened with Savita, or with the X-Case where even pro-lifers such as I would be prepared to turn a blind eye.
They want abortion as contraception. [...]
Kingship of Nuada
This non rhyming poem tells of the loss of the arm of Nuada, also the kingship, the consequences and then the restoration before the death of Nuada at the second battle of Moytura.
Lusmagh, Plain of the herbs that heal
Allowed work the arm of Nuada
Who back from Breas the Kingship took
Beating Fir Bolg at Moytura.
Land of sheep, Ireland was [...]
An Orchard Sown – A Prophecy Fu...
Soldiers came
With guns, shouting
Homes destroyed, children crying
The future predicted, by vendors of hate
For a hundred years
Was shown to be prophecy.
And a thousand years
Of an orchard of conflict
Seeds of which were sown
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