Not One But Four a Recap

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Just saying ..a re-post from 2010 listen to this as a poetry experience

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Who are the British, do they exist,
these nationals of her Britannic majesty
too often shortened to ‘ Brit’.

Four  score years, and more
I’ ve walked this shore but ‘Brit’
I see not, from where I, sit.

A kingdom united, yes that
rings a bell, but, am I
a ‘Brit’; No, No, so  let me tell

of Four Kingdoms, as one, England
Scotland, Ireland and Wales. This
quartet, the crux of my tale.

Many things each maybe, ..but never
a ‘Brit’. We are Scot, Irish, Welsh
or English..now do you see ?

Each nation, unique and distinct,
language reinforces my point, as in
English, not British, this poem I ink

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