Day 7

Maeve

The red hand of Ulster, Connacht
& all of Ireland, she left a bloody trail
behind her. She's an archetype:
manipulative & duplicitous,
a sororicidal ego maniac; the ground
around her, a stained & sodden bog,
a sucking morass of dynastic ambition
& greed.

© Ceri Lloyd 8 April 2020