Viking-Norse – Oceanic-Visions

1232. Brithe, Sea-Witch Dyrsella, Part 3

Frances HennesseyApril 18, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_19221" align="alignright" width="150"] "Mystical Conversation," Odilon Redon, circa 1896, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 3: Driven by Ocean Winds (Last) Sense of falling from clifftops, Norse beach I plummeted, Myndill, Dyrsella, village...

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1231. Brithe, Sea-Witch Dyrsella, Part 2

Frances HennesseyApril 15, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_15035" align="alignright" width="150"] "Classical Landscape," Konstantin Bogaevsky, 1910, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 2: Triple-Leaf Vine Sprang Forth Known Norse world, wagon wheel spokes Turning, Myndill reaching, fingers touching Forest heights I...

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1230. Brithe, Sea-Witch Dyrsella, Part 1

Frances HennesseyApril 14, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_13890" align="alignright" width="150"] "Old Woman with Candle," Matthais Stom, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 1: Dyrsella, Diviner of Truth “Tide is turning; destiny awaits,” I, Brithe, Stated to Myndill, our Norse leader....

Hebridean Willow Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Viking-Norse

1221. Ellsbeth’s Norse Sea-Legend

Frances HennesseyMarch 19, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_14435" align="alignright" width="150"] "Peasant Children," Vladimir Makovsky, 1890, WikiArt[/caption] Coastal storm battering Hebrides outer isles, Children taking shelter in our stone cottage. Around flickering candlelight, Ellsbeth, elder Woman of...

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1197. Brithe and Thordrek, Part 3

Frances HennesseyJanuary 27, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_7822" align="alignright" width="150"] "Open leads base of cloud-swept mountain-high plateaus..."[/caption] Part 3: Gift of Far-Reaching Eye (Last) Greenland coast, amongst north summer Ice we sailed, open leads base of...

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1196. Brithe and Thordrek, Part 2

Frances HennesseyJanuary 26, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_18876" align="alignright" width="150"] "The Spinner," William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1873, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 2: Blood Pine-Tar Dripped Before me stood Thordrek, taskmaster, Norse Shipbuilder, ice navigation he knew. Except Where did my...

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1195. Brithe and Thordrek, Part 1

Frances HennesseyJanuary 24, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_18861" align="alignright" width="150"] "Scene from Fljótsdalshérað in East Iceland" by Asgrimur Johsson, 1951, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 1: Sea-Oath Hand-Grasping Norse Month of Women we celebrated on Greenlandic homesteads, hearth fires,...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Viking-Norse

1190. Spun-Yarn Mysteries

Frances HennesseyJanuary 17, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_18823" align="alignright" width="150"] "Pile of stones lacked shape or form..."[/caption] Undiscerning eyes, pile of stones Lacked shape or form until time- Turning wind-whispers shared Secrets, first faint visions of...

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1178. Brithe, Sandey Island Voyage, Part 3

Frances HennesseyJanuary 1, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_12944" align="alignright" width="150"] "Old Man's Head," Jan Metejko, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 3: Wisdom of Columba (Last) Within confines of cairn tomb we huddled, Rock-stacked walls storm-protecting, niches Bone, grave gifts-containing....

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1177. Brithe, Sandey Island Voyage, Part 2

Frances HennesseyDecember 30, 2018March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_14927" align="alignright" width="150"] "Seated Christ," Vasily Polenov, 1887, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 2: Columba Island Greeted Harrying sea, misty line horizon discerned, Barren windswept isle, protection of sandy Beaches. Swords and...