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Future Hope
Future Hope Ancestral country of my dearest kin I come, Unprejudiced, with liberal intent; Peace I bear in my hands. My heart aches at your misery and shock. My eyes Weep for your desolate despair. I sense your moidered hurt. My death upon your bloodied land […]
Ireland (1970s)
Ireland. (1970s) Through fresh green fields and orchards ran The road he had to tread; Through straggled towns and villages His path of duty led. Till in some place he did not know – Although it seemed he knew – He saw the One he thought he’d meet […]
Atahualpa
Atahualpa (1532) Sad Atahualpa – who five long years had fought To wrest the sacred llantos and the golden stool From Huascar, to rule the Inca-peoples as Lord-Inca, Emperor-divinity – enjoyed His hard-won privileges barely half a year Before […]
Cyprus (1956-1976)
Cyprus (1956-1976) Silver-eyedOlympusstares solemnly At his quarrelsome, callow sons, who rush Ceaselessly from one rash confrontation To another with their island brothers. “When will […]
Trafalgar History
Trafalgar History (21 October 1805) The Franco-Spanish fleet sailed South, From oldCadizsailed out; Sailed out to history. Englandwas waiting for them there; Nelson was waiting near; Waiting for history. TrafalgarBaywas where they met; Trafalgar where they fought; Trafalgar: history!. […]
The Death of Harold
The Death of Harold (14 October 1066) Outnumbered, but undaunted, stood the English king NearHastings, with his close-embattled shield-wall-ring And steadfast axemen, beating […]
Xanadu
Xanadu (History and Myth) Xanadu, exotic name, Drawing its hypnotic fame From a Coleridge dream-shot fit, (Stirred by Polo’s rare report Of rich Kublai Khan’s resort), Through a drug-induced remit. Xanadu – or Great X’ian – Was the […]
Fourteen Eighty Five
Fourteen Eighty Five – [I] (Monday 22nd August) This was the Year of the Red and the White. Red blood and white flesh but the signs to tell How Roses red and white had come to blow In bloody conflict in bleak Redmoors marsh; With red ambitions, white ideals involved […]
Balshazzar's Feast
Balshazzar’s Feast Balshzzar’s Feast (539 BC) Wild was the music played In Babylon; Rare the fine foods arrayed And rich the robes displayed In Babylon, At King Balshazzar’s feast. How merry was the sport In Babylon, And […]