"Avalon Rising" by the Bard of Glastonbury.

Ash, the new Bard of Ynis Witrin, (Glastonbury) recites his satirical, and noteworthy poem, "Avalon Rising", at the Bride's mound celebration on May 20th. He has powerful delivery, with perfect diction. In this recitation you shall hear references to "Joe" who is Joseph of Arimathea, and "The once and Future king" who is of course King Arthur.

"The He of Hes", is self explanatory.

"One red, one white" refers to the two revered springs of the town, the red spring of the Chalice Well, and the white of the White spring. (Often shown as a red & a white Dragon)

"Albion" is the ancient name for England.

This is an excellent poem which unfortunately was shot in fading light . The light fades more as the video progresses, but in this case, I think that the imagery is secondary to the words.

Ynis Witrin is the ancient Celtic name for Glastonbury: "Glass Isle"
The name "Glastonbury" is a late Saxon name as are all place names ending with "bury" and some ending in "burgh" or "burh".

"Avalon rising" is a satirical poem and the single use of the "F" word is permissable for impact. Shakespeare himself may well have used it on occasion, even with his ginormous vocabulary.
** 2009: Ash has now been replaced by another Bard; it's an annual office.

**This video looks better using the "High-Quality" setting.

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• Glastonbury
• Bride's
• mound
• poetry
• Myths
• legends

[kingpharaohtsar]

um ok im abite freaked out just yesterday i was working on a piece i called avalon rising an now i find this wicth sounds like this... maybe to much cider

[mikesey1]

Oh well, lay off the cider, especially the scrumpy kind!

[Ognamus]

The English....

[mikesey1]

Yes?

[Aspiritinahumanbody]

at last your on here : ) Nice one Ash for this blessed poem and your delivery see ya soon xx

[Honourjustice]

Finaly Ash takes his rightfull place, and all is well.

[Rowanriver]

I'm not Druid, but I don't have to be to recognize that this man is amazing. I could listen to him all day. What a voice and what a skill.

[finnbarrhagan]

wow...

[amethyst48]

Gods I have loved this since I first heard him. I think this is one of trueist, and funniest poems I have ever heard, Thanks ever so much great Fili lol

[kathryn422003]

Awesome!!! I miss it there.

[kingpharaohtsar]

avalon apples wud make good cider u know like the meaning. bad jokelol im gona show this to some frends

[WoodlandAsh]

This is fantastic!

And props have to go to Ash for remembering it all :)

[amethyst48]

I plan to share this with every member of the Pagan community I can find.

[amethyst48]

Quite exellent, being a members of the Druids myself, I think this bard has a masterpiece. I plan to steal it and use, with all credit to him. Plan to put this on my computer to play once a day. Bless your tongue and wit.