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Black crow, death's omen,

War queen, the mustering hosts

Vie for your favor

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Love this, such a great image🖤

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Being part Irish, I just had to chime in on this one.

Ride, ride, wild lady

Call our arms to rise anew

Glory awaits us

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Love it! Thanks for Irish perspective🖤

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Flicker of a raven's eye

whistle of a speartip

the next life has come for you

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Beautiful. This is such a perfect moment🖤

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Referring of course to the preChristian Gaelic belief in metempsychosis or reincarnation. In this time death was considered merely as a passing into a new life and of no consequence at all. Gaels were considered to have no fear of death whatsoever by Romans and Romano-British like St Patrick.

Which is why the Morrigan isn't such a gloomy spirit as appears in later legends. She counted the dead in battle rather like points in a basketball game.

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Ah.. interesting! Thank you for that little bit of info🖤

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"In the chaos a crow flies" love this line. Yay for chaos!

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Thank you! All hail chaos!

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Corvus crows with split tongue to say

Charge ! A mass of winged warriors foray.

Fearless to fight. Erie delight.

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Ooo this is so haunting! Well done🖤

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" but if she is seen washing..."

Tide came in with Cheer

A Dove Wisked over the sea

Irish Spring bathes me

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😂 Really incredible🖤

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I took one I wrote a few weeks ago here and expanded it and put it up on my 'stack.

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I read a similar poem years ago using soap brands. Can't find it. It was something like: "From Joy to Cheer to All..."

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The equivalent of Ares/Mars in Greco-Roman mythology.

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If that’s your measuring stick, sure.

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