The Wandering Minstrel

Ririro.com - Poetry · Aug 4, 2026 · 1m · transcript

"The Wandering Minstrel" is a poem that conjures a roving ballad-singer arriving at an inn, calling out for entry and promising songs of knights, fairies, turbaned warriors, and wizard-forged blades. He earns his coin but sings with genuine joy in his heart. As Christmas draws near, his art deepens — he lifts his voice in ancient carols of the three wise kings and the guiding star, sending white angelic thoughts drifting through the cold night to the shepherds' distant cottages.

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