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Best Skald Poems

Below are the all-time best Skald poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of skald poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Horned Helmet of the Dawn
The horned helmet of the dawn has met my sight
They’re shouting loudly, that I’m wrong – I’m right
The sky is putting on the armour of...

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Categories: skald, adventure, anger, metaphor, power,
Form: Rhyme



Rannsaka Angle-Ish
Slaughtering Eng-lish not in anger                    ...

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Categories: skald, history, humorous, poets, word
Form: Free verse
We Were Skalds
We were poets and hymns
were so vital and proud
Our beautiful dreams
As I see haven’t found.
We have lost our Cult
Our poems have died
Let me say you...

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Categories: skald, allegory, emotions, feelings, metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Dastardly Dispirited
Sadness within me is my skald,
Ignorant world, taunting my afterworld,
Why is my soul in this soil pinfold... 

The sky is filled with dark enshroud,
Am dumbstruck,...

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Categories: skald, abuse, betrayal, courage, lost
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs