To ken a kenning when you see one

An optional prompt is to write a poem which contains at least one kenning. A kenning is "a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry."

As tribute to the great Nordic sagas, I have written a poem, a kind of warning if you will, which reflects the beliefs of the Sami, regarding aurora borealis.

Sky Spirits

 

When the Sky Spirits

Light their fire roads

Across the night,

Watch in silence

 

When the Dancing Souls

Play in glowing fields,

Whistle not

Lest they wander closer

 

When Magical Fires

Light the heavens' highway

Wrestle not

But bind brother blood

 

 

Andrea Vermaak