For Eirik Andersen upon being elevated to the Order of the Pelican

November 2014 (AS 49)

By THLaird Colyne Stewart

For Ealdormere Andersen tended

and built and laboured and mended.

From city to town he has flown

and under him all this has grown

like the Pantheon defended.

Through trials and hardship he wended,

any he met were well friended

and all of his works were well sown

For Ealdormere.

Now his knee will be bended

with honour to his name lended;

From Royals favour he’s shown

As he stands before lupine throne.

Now to a Peerage ascended

For Ealdormere.

Written as a rondel (my first attempt).

Moving “House”

Colyne Stewart, July AS XXXVII (2003)

For Berend, Brandt, Eirik, Galiana and Mahault

Eighteen months ago we had never met

And yesterday I saw you all

In the dining room of our new house

In the kitchen, on the porch

Glasses in hands, smiling and laughing

After many hours of hard work

Sweating, lugging, under burning sun

Now mingling with our parents and brothers

And I came to a realization

Though we do not have a name, nor device, nor charter of ideals

We are a House: a House of Spirit, a House of Friends

And what is more

A House of Family.