tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15672594.post115477809554551501..comments2023-12-03T08:06:20.698-07:00Comments on RHE poems: 2XRichard Epsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318302030070884970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15672594.post-1154856473837747032006-08-06T03:27:00.000-06:002006-08-06T03:27:00.000-06:00Richard,Yes, there’s an uneasy combination of the ...Richard,<BR/><BR/>Yes, there’s an uneasy combination of the ancient and modern in Ireland. One can visualize the Viking raids, which began in 795, continuing their sojourn until Brian Boru defeated them in 1014 at Clontarf. After this time the Vikings were absorbed by the Irish people. It is thought that most of the European/UK indigenous population has Viking blood.<BR/><BR/>Visit Plymouth Hoe on your travels sometime, and you'll sense the same paradox. <BR/><BR/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/panoramas/plymouth_hoe_360.shtml<BR/><BR/>http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/bonnets/tinside.htm<BR/><BR/>http://www.colin99.co.uk/plymouth.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>If you turn your back on the new apartment complexes, new shopping mall and entertainment Dome, pizza parlours, Italian restaurants and look out towards Plymouth Sound you can imagine Drake waiting for the tide to turn before attacking the invading Spanish Armada.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>CoralCoralPoetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562277129959477435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15672594.post-1154836347659688282006-08-05T21:52:00.000-06:002006-08-05T21:52:00.000-06:00Coral,I enjoyed it very much. It wasn't what we e...Coral,<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed it very much. It wasn't what we expected, as the poem perhaps suggests, but that only made it more interesting.<BR/><BR/>RHERichard Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318302030070884970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15672594.post-1154814794132198702006-08-05T15:53:00.000-06:002006-08-05T15:53:00.000-06:00Richard,I like this, but then, I like ALL your poe...Richard,<BR/><BR/>I like this, but then, I like ALL your poems. It is accessible and reader friendly. You spent your holiday in Ireland? I hope you enjoyed your stay.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>CoralCoralPoetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562277129959477435noreply@blogger.com