The Moon (Shape)
Author: Unknown
......................................................................Together beside
...................................................... the Earth it strides, gives
.............................................. ebbing and flowing to the
................................. ....tides. Worshiped as the
...................... .......goddess on high, opposing
.................... the sun god in the sky. Through
..............myth andlegend a story told, of
.......... a dance with the sun we can
....behold. To Selene and Phoebe
...the Greeks will pray, Romans
..homage to Luna and Diana
.pay. Máni runs behind his
sister, Sol to chase. Followed
.by Hjúki and Bil in their place.
..A dead völva attests to this eternal
....pursuit, to cloaked Odin who’s future
......he can’t refute. Walked upon by just a
.........chosen few, This celestial body with awe
............we view. With shimmering colour ..and
.................changing shape, it darkened side and
...................cratered scape, as sure as the sun will rise,
..........................the moon declines as a compromise. To
....................................return once more another night, in
...............................................this satellites journey through
.....................................................................................the night
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Apr 2011
About this poem:
In the poem Völuspá, a dead völva recounts the history of the universe and foretells the future to the disguised god Odin. Hjúki and Bil are the children of Máni and together they are the three phases of the moon in Icelandic and Norsk mythology. I had forgotten this story which I read as a child until I started writing this poem.
If this post badly like i suspect it might, it is suppose to be a crescent moon.
Comments (1)
The shape did better when I was using MS Word but lost it's shape when I posted it. It was an enjoyable write and I've borrowed my mums copy of Völuspá so I might attempt a translation of some of the quatrains.