minstrel: Praising One's Kingdom

[Mike Baker]

Note for the minstrel mail-list: the following first appeared today, 
embedded within the text of a message I sent to the ansteorra mail-list.

We here are in the process of considering the formation of principalities 
within the current kingdom, and a great deal of concern has been shown over 
who gets to keep the name Ansteorra if&when any such sub-groups manage to 
qualify as kingdoms themselves. I made a half-jest proposal to establish a 
mechanism where all of the "children" get to keep and share the name. (It's 
called an "Empire", for lack of a more descriptive & obvious naming...)

It has been observed by most that I have spoken with that popular support 
seems to be running better than two-to-one against the current proposition: 
it is reassuring to be on the side of the majority for once...

Amra / Kihe / Mike

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     Thoughts Upon The Strength of One Star
          Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra
          (copyright Mike C. Baker 1996; standard SCA permission to
           publish granted: I get a copy of the publication, by-line
           should credit SCA & mundane names, retain copyright notice.)

     A single Star, unique in the heavens of this world
     A single Star, forged of the sparks from a rattan sword
     A single Star, brightly dark in the minds of one people
     ANSTEORRA, dark-star banners fly from every steeple

     Unique, standing proud in the plains of the coast
     Strong-forged, resting upon hills where men boast
     Dark-visaged, yet bright in the hills and the forested lands
     ANSTEORRA, nation where the bold hero stands

     Far-reaching, the report of her children's worth
     Sharp-edged, the night-tales of her ancient birth
     Thought-ringed, we still wonder at what we might do
     ANSTEORRA, mother to all who by her stand true.

     Golden banner with the dark star, flowing:
     Here's to your legend forever growing!
     ANSTEORRA!

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Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)  s.k.a. Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri 
al-Amra
     currently residing in Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mike C. Baker                      mbaker at rapp.com
Any opinions expressed are obviously my own unless explicitly stated 
otherwise!

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