Matthew R. Callies

Ghosts of Normandy

Through shadowed forests of old Normandy,

The Norman Hound once threaded swift and keen,

A master of the hunt, in history.

 

Its amber eyes glinted through the leafy green,

Muscles coiled for chase across the plain,

A breed unmatched, yet now no longer seen.

 

Through bramble, stream, and wind-swept rain,

It followed stag and boar with measured grace,

A legend held in memory’s faint chain.

 

The chronicles mark each bold, silent pace,

Illustrations capture furrowed brow and snout,

Echoes of a hound that time cannot replace.

 

Though centuries have drawn its life about,

Its spirit lingers where the hunters roamed,

A shadowed echo, noble beyond doubt.