Poem: "The Port of Dreams"
This poem came out of the January 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from wyld_dandelyon. It also fills "The Port of Dreams" square in my 1-1-25 card for the Public Domain Day Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Dreamwidth user Fuzzyred. It belongs to the series Hart's Farm.
"The Port of Dreams"
Spring it was when the sea-steed
rounded the rough whale-road
to dock one day at the Port of Dreams.
The breaker of trees tugged the tight sail
as the two fishermen furled it fast.
On high, the heaven-candle haloed
two maidens making their merry way
to the wide wood of the boardwalk.
Kelda had curly hair covered in sea-spray,
while Valen's brown braids bore beads
of Freya's-tears fashioned into flowers.
They held hands the whole time, and
the fishermen farewelled them to Hart's Farm.
Dusty was the long lane that lay before them,
and hours they walked over the open fields.
The dusk-ember dipped toward darkness
in the rocky well of the west as they came,
giddy as the girls they were, to the gate.
Kelda and Valen came to call it home,
where maidens might romance in peace,
and lie long beneath the love-coin that
shone silver in the soft sky above.
* * *
Notes:
Kelda (Norwegian: "spring" or "fountain") -- a young woman with long curly blonde hair in a braid and blue eyes.
Outsider: girlfriend of Valen.
Introduced in "The Port of Dreams."
(Faceclaim: blonde girl in orange dress in Hans Dahl sailboat painting)
Valen (Norwegian / Old Norse: "ford" or "shallow water") -- a young woman with long brown hair and brown eyes.
Outsider: girlfriend of Kelda.
(Faceclaim: brunette girl in gray dress in Hans Dahl sailboat painting)
"The Port of Dreams"
Spring it was when the sea-steed
rounded the rough whale-road
to dock one day at the Port of Dreams.
The breaker of trees tugged the tight sail
as the two fishermen furled it fast.
On high, the heaven-candle haloed
two maidens making their merry way
to the wide wood of the boardwalk.
Kelda had curly hair covered in sea-spray,
while Valen's brown braids bore beads
of Freya's-tears fashioned into flowers.
They held hands the whole time, and
the fishermen farewelled them to Hart's Farm.
Dusty was the long lane that lay before them,
and hours they walked over the open fields.
The dusk-ember dipped toward darkness
in the rocky well of the west as they came,
giddy as the girls they were, to the gate.
Kelda and Valen came to call it home,
where maidens might romance in peace,
and lie long beneath the love-coin that
shone silver in the soft sky above.
* * *
Notes:
Kelda (Norwegian: "spring" or "fountain") -- a young woman with long curly blonde hair in a braid and blue eyes.
Outsider: girlfriend of Valen.
Introduced in "The Port of Dreams."
(Faceclaim: blonde girl in orange dress in Hans Dahl sailboat painting)
Valen (Norwegian / Old Norse: "ford" or "shallow water") -- a young woman with long brown hair and brown eyes.
Outsider: girlfriend of Kelda.
(Faceclaim: brunette girl in gray dress in Hans Dahl sailboat painting)