[lit-ideas] Re: APRIL POEMS (2nd for 3rd)
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 19:04:01 -0500
Thank you, Ursula. I enjoyed both poems very much. Pass on my kudos to
Ken, and I confess I had no idea that Rad Bradury had a poetic bone in his
body.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 10:53 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: APRIL POEMS (2nd for 3rd)
>A freebie....
> (Ken is my husband)
>
> Fenrir
>
> by Ken Stange
> .
> .
> 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.
> .
> 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.
> .
> 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.
> .
> And the cosmic centre held . another thousand years.
>
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