[lit-ideas] Re: APRIL POEMS (2nd for 3rd)
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 11:53:30 -0400
A freebie....
(Ken is my husband)
Fenrir
by Ken Stange
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Fenrir, demonic offspring of Loki, fearsome wolf wild
And terrible, was young among the gods. Grew crazy
With the blood pulse of nebulae, would howl and wail
At the turning of the seasons, the growing of time. Fierce
Fenrir, to whom humans were insects, grew stronger than
Gods, till only one of the Masters, gentle Tyr, could
Control him. Fenrir, to whom constellations were moments,
Would chase after the sun: Fenrir would want so to catch
And devour the sun.
Odin in his wisdom saw
And said to Tyr, Fenrir's trust, `The wolf
Must be bound, must be bound to hold steady
The cosmic centre. Only you can feed him,
Only you does he trust; Fenrir too fierce
To be free. We must bind him and hold him
Before he can devour the sun.
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Odin in his wisdom saw
And went to dwarves in their caves.
And the dwarves did spells:
Took the roots of mountains,
Noise of a slinking she-cat,
Breath of a fish, sigh of a woman
In heat - all the invisible powers
Of the revolving centre - and wound
A chain of might that looked but like
A simple silken cord
Yet was strong
As the winds of space.
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And only Tyr could feed him,
And only Tyr could calm him,
Fenrir fearsome when he saw the bindings.
Only Tyr could ease him by swearing
The chain was but a symbol, and by
Putting his right hand full
Into the mouth of the wolf.
When the chain was looped over Fenrir,
He immediately tensed and tested its powers and found
It would not break and the sun
Would never be devoured and he would never
Move free and Fenrir took away Tyr's hand
And Tyr bled justly
For Tyr had lied.
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And the cosmic centre held . another thousand years.
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