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Collegium Caidis

Posted on: September 22, 2008 October 8, 2008
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I just spent my first full weekend ever at Collegium Caidis, Caid’s annual weekend of classes. I rarely miss the Saturday classes but generally go only one day. This was so much fun to really immerse myself in classes. Along those lines, my public thanks to THL Domhnall and THL Beathog of my wonderful household,… Continue Reading Collegium Caidis

The Tale of Glam

Posted on: September 11, 2008 September 27, 2010
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Categories: Bardic, Writing

The poem’s story comes from a prose tale in the medieval Icelandic The Grettis Saga. I wrote the poem in the style of Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, a style dating from 650 A.D. to 1000 A.D. http://caitlinscrossroad.com/wp-content/uploads/Tale_of_Glam.pdf

The Knight of Eire Sails Far: Sir Killian Mac Taggart

Posted on: September 6, 2008 September 11, 2008
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An Irish conachlonn in praise of an Irish knight by Caitlin Christiana Wintour The Knight of Eire sails far away Away from Eire his native home Home green and mountains fair Far from home Killian sails from Eire Eire of the rolling hills Hills of iron cold and voices strange Strange voices in the wind.… Continue Reading The Knight of Eire Sails Far: Sir Killian Mac Taggart

Lament for the Great Heart: Sir Jamal Damien Marcus

Posted on: September 6, 2008 September 11, 2008
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Per bend azure and argent, an eagle striking Or and a cedar of Lebanon proper “A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar” (Ezekiel 17:3) The Eagle rends and dark hawk falls to ground; Sharp talons rip once-Aten… Continue Reading Lament for the Great Heart: Sir Jamal Damien Marcus