Tag: history
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Paddyonthemove
Fulco of Ireland served alongside Charlemagne of the flame retardant cloak and raiment There showing shrewdness, piety and bravery, thereby was he raised And married raised a family, to this day the name Scoti is conveyed James of Ireland, who accompanied Odoric of Pordenone from occident to orient His glorious travels were widely reported, dictated…
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Visions of dead people
Flight instinct kicking in Stick around, source within Skin thin Bones seen beneath Inching obscenely In the fingers, at the cheek Even during sleep Creaking, squeaky greasing easy The wheel of a bike careening Spinning long after a car hit its driver head on Haunted by dead cyclists, suffering infringements At vision’s fringes, their boldness…
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Maligning annals
You call me unready, I say ill-advised My council are the one’s unwise Yet history untiring cites my ripeness And inaptitude for the primacy Those maligning annals On illuminate vellum Whose margins sport animals.