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Connachlan Form
| I invoke the land of Eire:
much coursed by the fertile sea. Fertile is the fruit-strewn mountain fruit strewn by the showery wood showery is the river of waterfalls of waterfalls by the lake of deep pools deep is the hill-top well a well of tribes is the assembly an assembly of the kings is Tara Tara of the hill of the tribes the tribes of the sons of Mil of Mil of the ships - Like a lofty ship is the land of Eire lofty land of Eire darkly sung dark Eber�s incantation an incantation of great cunning the great cunning of the wives of Bres the wives of Bres of Buaigne but the great Eire - Eremon has conquered her. I, Amairgen, have invoked for her. I invoke the land of Eire. --Amergin The Connachlan form repeats the last word of one line as the first line of the next, or repeats a series of words at the heart of one line as the first of the next. In many cases, this is much clearer in the Gaelic: Ailim iath n-erend
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As a form which is easily seen as well as heard, it is an excellent choice for the "beginner bard." Also, and more importantly, as a form which constantly builds upon itself and tends towards a circular motion, it is an excellent way of building energy, serving as an excellent example of how poetry fits into magick and ritual. From our rites, composed by our Taliesin: Thought becomes word,
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