how long as it been?
perhaps too long,
or perhaps just the right
time in its coming,

not exactly heroism,
modern day heroism:
paying the bills,
"hunting" for food
in a supermarket...
      getting the window
seat on a plane...
my my,
          we're just so
heroic of all,
      but these days...

svá ek ríst ok í rúnum fák,
at sá gengr dauðr gumi
   ok mælir við mik

     ᛋᚹᚨ     ᛖᚴ
                ᚱᛁᛋᛏ       ᛟᚴ      ᛁ
ᚱᚢᚾᚢᛗ         ᚠᚨᚴ
       ᚨᛏ         ᛋᚨ
         ᚷᛖᚾᚷᚱ
                     ᛞᚨᚢᚦᚱ         ᚷᚢᛗᛁ
ᛟᚴ
    ­          ᛗᛇᛚᛁᚱ
         ᚹᛁᚦ                        ᛗᛁᚴ

i can so carve and
           colour the runes,
that the dead man walks
and talks with me...

vikings season 1,
episodes 7 & 8...

      it just had me thinking...
the blatant disregards
for poets
              by the anglo-saxons
by the brother of
the king...
   (episode 7)...

   and then...
the complete reverse of
   the norse king and his
high regards for poetry...
poet: chronicler...
    
                even now...
day to day outer suburban
day to day...
        i have found
that it might have began
with plato's criticism
of poets...
            
        but then the same
trend continues with
                   monotheism,
notably Islam...
           and yet...
these pagan barbarians...
held ars poetica
in high esteem...

              probably because
while the anglo-saxons
paid their court poets
for lies,
   bribery and a vanity
project...

   the norse kept their poets,
gave them everything:
except money...

                that's the only answer...
if someone gave me food,
shelter, drink...
    why would i need money?