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Viking Dawn – The Boarding Party, a Poem

Viking Dawn 1 Nigel Borrington

The Boarding Party

Their boat turned in towards us
ready to board our vessel
to take us to their island,
a fastness, craggy, bleak, timeless place.

To winter peat fires, gales, darkness,
weird northern tales of gods and trolls,
black nights seared by bright light curtains,
a violent Viking heritage.

Viking Dawn 2 Nigel Borrington

A place where cold sea and ocean
overturn the crippled sea stacks,
our lives in the boarding party’s
hands and our skilful pilot.

Viking Dawn Nigel Borrington

This entry was posted on February 3, 2016 by . It was filed under Gallery, Irish coastline, Pagan, Poetry Gallery and was tagged with , , , , , , , .

3 responses

  1. Hanna

    Hi Nigel. Great theme – very evocative!!

    February 3, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    Reply
    • nigel borrington

      Hello Hanna 🙂 🙂

      Thank you , very pleased enjoyed this post , I loved visiting the location and will do a full post very soon on the Viking village 🙂

      February 3, 2016 at 6:07 pm

      Reply
      • Hanna

        I really looking forward to that, Nigel. What an exiting life some of them must have had exploring the seas and new countries. Interesting time back then 🙂

        February 3, 2016 at 7:27 pm

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