19 poets, 22 Artists, 3 musicians and a Viking Boat
The Nine Realms
9 months, 19 poets and writers, 22 Artists, 3 composers, 1 Viking boat: a magical reworking of Norse Mythology for contemporary audiences
Poems and Writing inspired by the Norse realm of Jotunheim
Featuring:
Mina Polen, Lydia Allison and Karin Heyer
Frostbitten mind
by Mina Polen
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Through darkness
…………..and eternal sunshine
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darkness and brightness
…………..like never-ending dreams
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frostbitten mind
awaits in another dream
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thoughts
………………………repeated
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the pebble falls inside your mind
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thoughts
……………………..repeated
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thoughts
…………. being broken
tongues
………….being broken
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day and night
the mind is playing tricks
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the night is long
the day is long
time stopping
the mind is flying in circles
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Read by Nicky Mortlock
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traditional enemies
by Lydia Allison
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the land surrounding us
a curved body
bones worn to stone
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cruel daughters forcing us to find
a cure for magic
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a cure for life
in my case
for dying
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every time my skin splits
I think of her
the serpent who reminded me
what pain could be
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part of me always thought
if I could commit to life or death
I would have one
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could and would and should
my fury blinds me now
as indifference did then
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not immune to dying,
just unable to be dead.
impotent in the opposites of being
and the other
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incapable to live
as in the grip of death, I did
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Read by Karin Heyer
Requited Love
by Karin Heyer
(Inspired by the story of Gerd and Freyr)
When the ice is broken,
spring serenely promises
with snowdrops flooding
the ground and
magic serendipity works its way.
Young Freyr seated on Odin’s high seat
saw Gerd, giant Gymir’s daughter,
beautiful, beyond compare.
Like a hidden current draws a boat,
he fell in love.
Lovesickness hits his heart.
Skirmir, from childhood, trusted friend
hears his deep sorrow:
Give me your swiftest horse,
I shall ride through fire and flame
to tell her of your woe.
The elf-rays shine
so that two imperfect souls
might touch perfection,
wooing, kind, ferocious
pearls from Skirmir’s lips.
When magical warmth transposes.
Gerd’s heart, saying:
nine days hence, in the groves of Barri,
a peaceful grove,
I will grant love to Freyr.
The whole earth was flooded with their happiness
the skies grew soft.
The trees put on tender green
aconites blossomed on the mountainside
they met in harmonious fire
ripening grain blew in the fields,
and summer lay warm
over the fertile land.
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You can read the overview of Jotunheim here, and read some Vanaheim poems here
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Find out more about Mina, Lydia and Karin:
Mina Polen
http://www.lulu.com/shop/mina-polen/scylla-and-charybdis/paperback/product-21019437.html
Lydia Allison
https://twitter.com/LydiaAllison13
Karin Heyer
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