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Open Poetry #35

C.325 BC.

Goldenrose
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since 2003-05-30

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0 posted 2005-04-23 05:15 AM

Pytheas long ago
measured it's length.
Speaking lilting language,
it's people hunted,
farmed fertile soil.
Jewellry, polished metal
mirrors, incised pots,
carved white horses
in chalky downland.
Mead and ale,
water/honey fermented.
Mediterranean wine jars,
grape supped frequent.
Ritulas of Celts,
of Druid priests,
sacrifice in ancient
Oak and Mistletoe
groves, reeking carrion.
Garroted, drained blood,
gushing jugular crimson.
Battles, daubed green-
blue, woad plant
smeared, fearless warriors.
Trade routes beckoning
caesars Roman invasion.

Justice cannot be for oneside alone, but must be for both. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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1 posted 2005-04-23 06:48 PM

good inspiration for a poem

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

2 posted 2005-04-25 05:21 PM

Ah, wearing woad always makes me remember how very much I favor the ax! *smile*

This poem is like loose beads of memory thrown into a bowl. Every time I run my mind through the beads, I remember something else.

Thanks!

majnu

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since 2002-10-13

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3 posted 2005-04-26 12:19 PM

nice.

-majnu
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Ratleader

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4 posted 2005-04-26 01:39 AM

Always, always the depth behind the depths...many the yew alive today, with flint shards wedged and buried in the depths of it. Not a pretty memory, but memories often aren't.

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