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Premium Member Norse Mythology, Return of the Slayer of Dragons
Norse Mythology, Return Of The Slayer Of Dragons

( Part One, Darkness Arrives)

I - (THE PLEA)

Slayer of weak beasts, ravager of torn breasts
Darkness from East, dragons...

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Categories: norse, art, conflict, creation, destiny,
Form: Epic



Premium Member Gods At the Comedy Club
The house was full
Of Gods and deities
The curtain call was soon
The water vasos were poured
And became the finest of wines
The bread multiplied
The baker you see
Was...

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Categories: norse, art, butterfly, gothic, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mirror of a Son's Eyes
He 
has certainly 
perfected the art 
of being a smart a** -
a trait that swims like a tadpole 
in his father’s gene pool
and nurtured by...

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Categories: norse, art, feelings, imagination, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ragnarok: the Storm
With the end of days upon them
Nears the time of final battle
In the halls of high Valhalla
Asgard senses its death rattle

In the forest crows the...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: norse, weather,
Form: Epyllion
Within Elysium Fields - a Collaboration With Carolyn
1.

Within Elysium Fields, the souls of the dead find their peace but there are those souls who do not think they deserve such peace. Those...

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Categories: norse, dark, dream, fantasy, joy,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Sword, the Spear, and the Shield
As the Nordic gods all gathered around
for there is a treasure that I have found
The Celtic gods all came as well
To listen to what I...

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© White Wolf  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: norse, magic, mystery, myth, mythology,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member - Clatter, Clatter, Click, Click, Pop, Pop -
Spring is the time for ‘lek’
                   ...

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Categories: norse, animal, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Scottish Thistle
I am the
Scot's thistle
The emblem of my
proud country it has
been our valiant
pride for so
           ...

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Categories: norse, history, inspirational, nature, people,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member An Old Grist Mill
Hiking a dry creek bed, at the mountain's base
I happened on an old grist mill, a prisoner
of time, serving life in isolation.

A few rotten boards...

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Categories: norse, angst, change,
Form: Free verse
Always Can Be Awfully Cold
Awfully Cold

One of our hopes is that Isle of Man
Might become part of our cruise plan
Which will be with the Princess Line
More we hear about...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: norse, travel,
Form: Couplet
Loki's Lament and Curse Part 3 By Thomas Laufey
Loki:
Sigyn and Angrboda know their wyrd well
Even the far seeing eye of odin 
Does even the all seeing eye have its faults?
The curse of knowledge...

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Categories: norse, anger, betrayal, grief, murder,
Form: Narrative
Freyja's Rival
Freyja’s Rival


( And may the Great Queen of the Norse Forgive me )



It’s a sun scintillation of a today
The sky a sharp atmospheric
Crystal blue chimes
Reaches...

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Categories: norse, love, mysteryheart, blue, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Findlater Castle
Findlater Castle overlooks the Moray Firth
In Scotland's north, situated on a quartz perch
Norse named, fyn leitr
The white cliff, for King Alexander
 
1246 historical note
In the...

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Categories: norse, history, people, places, political
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gemini Woman Brings Home Cancer Man
Gemini met Cancer on a summer day
She quite frankly took his breath away
He thought things were done in male or pink
She showed him another way...

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Categories: norse, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - Odin Also Called Allfader -
The Vikings were fearless seafarers
  ~ Their aim was, assaults and battle
 ... steal, rap and kill

On the mighty castle of Åsgard
~ It was Odin...

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Categories: norse, history,
Form: Free verse

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