Greenland Poem by Joyce Hemsley

More than one-thousand years ago
as historians have said:
In the chill icelandic region
lived a man named Eric the Red,
a chiefton's son born and bred.
Eric committed a villainous crime,
and ours is not to reason why!
But rumours suggest a homicide.

Then westward over the sea he sailed,
over miles of terrain Eric trailed.
With confidence well out of hiding
Eric discovered a large dream island.
Greenland, named by Eric himself...
an island with hope of future wealth.
In later years ~ re-explored,
A gift to the world from Our Dear Lord.