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“Word-burned Allies”
\nApril 30, 2014<\/p>\n

\n

Kings-night comes \/ to the MidRealm
\nDragon Warder \/ works the words
\nBears the brunt \/ of Braggi’s boasting –
\na praise-poem \/ put to paper.<\/p>\n

By his feet \/ word-dirt gathers,
\ngall globs grow \/ from his feathers
\nphrases fade \/ under fingers
\ninto song-fog.<\/p>\n

Falcons carried \/ crackling carcass
\nto a waiting \/ Eastern window.
\nLinden skald \/ opened eye-sill,
\nAwed she was \/ at her ally!<\/p>\n

Hweat! began \/ lengthy love song
\nheart-inked verse \/ to the Midream
\npraising kings \/ in war and peace
\npeople-song \/ for the Dragon.<\/p>\n

Raven quick \/ chorus-culler,
\ncalled to Valhalla \/ knightly kennings
\nOn this parchment \/ pushed her lean-pen.
\nFrom prose-horse \/ picked through war-field.
\nMidrealm warrior \/ watched the cutting,
\nscythe-strong he \/ threshed the word-wheat,
\nboldly broke \/ through strong thought-bales.<\/p>\n

Stub-flame stands \/ as a timepeace
\nlights the loom \/ of ink and pulp
\nwhere word-wove \/ tale wefts and warps.<\/p>\n

Sleepy skalds \/ night-drunk writers
\nbear to Braggi \/ poet-present
\nflown to Asgard \/ on ink-feathers
\nlip-bitten \/ boast-swords blessed it.<\/p>\n

Note and heed \/ Gold-ring givers,
\nAncient foes \/ entwined this night
\nSingle voiced \/ were the war bards
\nthat the King’s day \/ sun-song stand.<\/p>\n

thus is prove’d \/ the Best war-bird
\nfield-picks with \/ her feathers cut,
\nwordfame wends \/ many places,
\nValkyries \/ codex-killers
\nlay waste to work.<\/p>\n

Sings East-bard \/ to Mid Warder
\nour allies \/ to hour-allies
\nsingly sleep \/ ere sky-gold rises.<\/p>\n

***********************<\/p>\n

And so it came to pass that Eastern bard Aneleda helped a MidRealm Warder, Andrew Blackwood (Drew Nicholson) write Norse-styled praise poetry in honor of the lineage of his kings for the approaching MidRealm Coronation. (Thank you Master Toki Redbeard and Mistress Wyndrith.) It seemed that she did not catch on fire while doing so. And they both got to sleep before dawn.<\/p>\n

She was so happy about that, that she wrote another poem all herself about the work they did.<\/p>\n

In the morning, I woke to read this from the beloved and renowned Brendan O’ Corraidhe (Corrie Bergeron). Appended was this\u00a0note: “Seriously – I don’t think I’v ever seen a piece in praise of collaboration!”<\/p>\n

Sleepless greybeard \/ sees and startles.<\/span>
Oft has he \/ with others written<\/span>
Ideas shared \/ and shorn, and scutch’ed<\/span><\/span>
Winnowed wheat \/ left chaff to char.<\/span>

Wordsmiths \/ wielding wisdom, know<\/span>
That eyes a’plenty \/ find all flaws.<\/span>
(No slight spat \/ at One-Eyed Woden;\u00a0<\/span>
From we who lack \/ Yggdrisail’s Gift.)<\/span>

Yet in all \/ my years of yowling,<\/span>
Versing, faring, \/ story-telling,<\/span>
Seeking counsel \/ from like-minded<\/span>
Never have I \/ seen an ode<\/span>

Like this.<\/span>
Praise of poet’s process:<\/span>
Advice from well-wrought wisdom<\/span>
Seek gold ‘among the mosses:<\/span>
A legacy for children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

The word gift from Brendan was worth all the lost sleep alone.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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