Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Have Purple, Will Travel

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.