Poetry Evening in the palace grounds ....

Recently the Wittenberg Royal Poetry Society provided entertainment for the court in the place grounds, a number of the society's most well know poets are reciting excerpts from their works ....

Each poet was given a small secluded area to recite their works (out of earshot of others). The poet Karl Kippen ...

  .. Twas evening and the rosey sunset
did glow amidst the woodland trees
 wimsy were the elven faeries

.....

 On his way round the King meets with Cardinal Meisner..

King: My dear Cardinal so nice to see you again, while you were in the Sackwald forest did you find them ?
Meisner: Yes your majesty, I have some specimens of the different types
King: More than one ?
Meisner: Amazingly so sire, I found three variants of the Sackwald fritillery - wing tips either orange, white or red ...
.. they stood for some time talking of butterflies and moths until the Queen reminded the King to pay attention to his other guests ....

The poet Wilhem Deiters, reads from his epic poem "The Quest of King Wadras" ...

 .. On the shores of fanghorn east lake

stood the great King Wadras
 gazing westward o'er the water
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The refreshment area where a selection of food and drink was available ....

A couple of gentlemen chat about the poetry, one taking snuff and the other smoking his pipe...

.. Man with pipe: What are you partaking of ...
Man with snuff box: My favourite snuff, it has a real kick to it - Wern's black powder with a mint supplement..

The poet Helmut von Wortevert...

... I wandered lonely as a sparrow

until I came upon a field of yarrow
it was not as wondrous as the marrow
that I espied upon a barrow

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The court painter tries to capture the evenings proceedings ....