Have Purple, Will Travel Poem by Ima Ryma

Ancient Phoenicia stretched along
The Mediterranean Sea,
Comprised of several cities strong
Where modern Lebanon now be.
Phoenicians were in sailing trade,
Sea masters in their time and place.
Purple fabric was what they made
That made them a competing ace,
On ships they built with expertise.
To near and far Phoenicians sold
To wealthy wanting purple please,
Turning the purple into gold.

Purple fabric they sailed for sale,
Phoenicians made from a sea snail.