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napowrimo poem 13: that springness

napowrimo poem 13: that springness

Poetry

Poetry

napowrimo poem 13: that springness

Poetry

By adrienne maree brown, 2014-04-13

write a poem that contains at least one kenning. Kennings were metaphorical phrases developed in Nordic sagas. At their simplest, they generally consist of two nouns joined together, which imaginatively describe or name a third thing. The phrase “whale road,” for example, could be used instead of “sea” or “ocean,” and “sky candle” could be used for “sun.”

in the motor city crisis zonea glacial age falls finally awayand in that gorgeous absencewe let the firefly season lift us upwe glorify the sunwhich will give us every single thingand then hold us with reckless wonderuntil the first snow

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