peep beneath Kyffhäuser hill where Barbarossa
makes his bed, alive for centuries, not dead
he waits to serve his countrymen, to unify
them once again, with ravens, circling
‘round his lair and flowing locks of ruddy hair
~kat
For Jane Dougherty’s Stanza Challenge.
The Legend of Barbarossa
From Wikipedia:
According to a king in the mountain legend, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who actually drowned on 10 June 1190 in the Göksu River near Silifke during the Third Crusade, is not in fact dead, but sleeps in a hidden chamber underneath the Kyffhäuser hills. He sits motionless at a stone table and his beard has supposedly grown so long over the centuries that it grew through the table. As in the similar legend of King Arthur, Barbarossa supposedly awaits his country’s hour of greatest need, when he will emerge once again from under the hill. The presence of ravens circling the Kyffhäuser summit is said to be a sign of Barbarossa’s continuing presence.
August 10th, 2018 at 5:32 am
INTERESTING KAT, CHINA
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August 10th, 2018 at 6:14 am
Thanks China. I have learned so much about history in this process! 😊
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August 10th, 2018 at 11:29 am
I like how you are humanizing and personalizing your history – 32 great grandfather. It is a mind bender.
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August 10th, 2018 at 11:52 am
Thank you. History has become very real to me as I research my ancestors. 😊
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August 10th, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Beautiful. 😎🥀
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August 10th, 2018 at 9:27 pm
Thank you Dorna ❤
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August 10th, 2018 at 5:54 pm
Awesome!! 💜💜
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August 10th, 2018 at 9:26 pm
Thanks Willow. I can barely keep up. 9-10 hour days at work this week. By the time I get home in the evenings, I am exhausted. But I’m pushing through! 🙂
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August 11th, 2018 at 1:19 am
Goodness you are busy ! But your poetry is not suffering. I hope you can get some rest this weekend 💜💝
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August 11th, 2018 at 9:21 am
Some fun stuff is planned at least. Celebrating my youngest granddaughter’s second birthday (and we’re only a week and a few days from the birth of her sister!) But my boss said he might need to call upon me to work a bit this weekend as well. Fortunately for me I earn overtime pay – 1-1/2 times my normal rate for any time over 40 hours in a given week. But even with that perk, it is the hours and the pace that are exhausting. I’m getting too old for this shit!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
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