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Old Emerald Isle

coming out enchanting a harp playing bewitching music from an irish sea from the mist of hibernia entering a cold mystical island a lonely teddy bear out in an ocean dressed in her forty shades of green her lush finery from the land of the leprechaun king of the fairies tales of a land of forever young in the fianna magical blossoms shades her beauty classical in her name eire modern irish emerald green jewel of her color arising from the land of eternal winter geographers strabo pomponius melba quoting describes a cold chilling land inhabitated by a bunch of wild savages who feast on the flesh of their dead fathers despite the cold the grazing was so tasty very lush sweet that cattle exploded fat if allowed to eat unchecked in a new kingdom penunnular broach used to fasten her shawl son of the high king fiacha finnfolaidh his father was overthrown killed in a revolt by the king of ulster tutathal's mother who was daughter of king of alba britian at the time because alba became the name for scotland later on fled to britain with her son 20 years later he returns to eire defeating his father's enemies turns in history subduing the entire country he became the high king of tara there he conveyed in a conference were he established himself law in the land he annexed territory for each four provinces creating central control in the province of meath four fortresses where built one for each our green fields span an irish republic

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Date: 3/28/2014 7:04:00 AM
- One of your best poems Liam :) - Truly a fantastic write - I wish you a nice weekend ... here is the spring arrived!! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 3/27/2014 5:05:00 PM
What beautiful, striking and expressive traits this run through offers! free verse ably tackled. cu around // paul
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