For Columbus/Indigenous Day
Who were the first to discover America?
Took sail with a north-easterly wind did the Nords From the glaciated valleys and narrow steep fjords A sea voyage away by chance three lands found Norsemen have come to claim their ground Dragon-headed prows, ships with wooden oars Centuries before famous lauded explorers A Vikings roaring soul was the longboat Drakkar Thru misty waters and unintruded shores afar The land was calm—no frost in winter Wild wilderness and little did the grass wither What’s green is ice and what’s ice is green Named in contrast so the truth be unseen So not to make it sound it’s to one’s liking This is the legacy of the brash hardy breed Viking The sagas of the Icelanders—Edda Old Norse óðr poetry of how they discovered America
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