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The Stolen Book of Kells.(Poem)

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| December 01, 2003 | O'Flynn, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
THE STOLEN BOOK OF KELLS 
 
   That Gospel was found after twenty nights 
   and two months with its gold stolen from it, 
   buried in the ground 
 
   --Chronicles of the Annals 
   of Ulster 1006-7 
 
   A book 
   without a cover remains a book 
   with all its curlicued wisdom; whether 
   burrowing through farmers straw 
   into the cuds and souls of bloated cattle, 
   braxy sheep or other beasts. 
   A trough filled with God's soft rain 
   transforms a holy panacea. A 
   book in hiding is still a book. 
 
   Perhaps the richness of the sodden text 
   heralds from the 68 old monks 
   who laid their ...
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