Tag Archives: Norse

Thought For the Day: In A Single Sentence of Idle Chatter We Preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse: We Carry A Museum Inside Our Heads

Posted on March 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We open our mouths and out flow words whose ancestries we do not even know. We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of idle chatter we preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse: we carry a museum inside our heads, each day … Continue reading →

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Short Poetry Workshop – Kenning Poem – Feeder of Eagles

Posted on December 12, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Tuesday night’s short poetry workshop involved learning to write kenning poems.  What is that you might ask?  The kenning poetic device originated in Norse and Anglo-Saxon poetry and serves to use a two or three word phrase in substitution for … Continue reading →

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Sonic Gems – Richard Wagner – Die Walkure

Posted on October 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Valkyries or Die Walkure, WWV 86B, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto.  It is the second work in the four pieces that form Der Ring des Nibelungen or The Ring of the Nibelung. It is … Continue reading →

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