Doryn Herbst: Sabrina

Sabrina
                                                            out his wife
                          Y Trallwng         cast                      Gwendolen to live             Shrewsbury
         CYMRU                                                                           with his
                                         Locrinus                                            lover and
                                                                                                          their
                          King                                          ENGLAND          daughter
                                                                                                        Habren.
                                                                                                    Gwendolen
                                                                                                              raised
                                                                                                                  an
                                                                                                                 army
                                             CYMRU                                                       against
                                                                                                                      her
                                                                                                               estranged
                                                                                                                   husband
                                                                                                                              and
                                                                                                                                killed
                                                                                                                                      him
                                                                                          ENGLAND                                in
                                                                                                                                       battle.
                                                                                                                                            She
                                                                                                                                          had
                                                                                                                                         the
                                                                                                                                mistress
                                                                ENGLAND                                                   and
                                                                                                                             daughter
                                                                                                                           drowned
                                                                                                                          in a river.
                                                                                                                    Gwendolen
                                                                            ENGLAND                   named the waters
                                                                                                                      after the
                                                                                                                murdered
                                                                                                                 girl
                                                                                                       to immortalise
                                                CYMRU                                            the infidelity.
                                                                             Habren         became   Hafren
                                                   Casnewydd    lives                               was
                                                           on                                                    Bristol
                               Caerdydd      as                                            latinised
                                
                                  Goddess                               to Sabrina

                        of                                     was masculinised to                   ENGLAND

Afon Hafren                                River Severn

Doryn Herbst

Doryn Herbst, a former water industry scientist, Wales, now lives in Germany and is a deputy local councillor. Her writing considers the natural world and themes which address social issues. Doryn has poetry in Fenland Poetry Journal, Amsterdam QuarterlyPoems from the Heron Clan, Green Ink Poetry and more. She is a reviewer at Consilience science poetry.

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