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Three short Viking poems

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For once the poems are inspired by the picture and not the other way round.

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They came in a night
Of no moon and no stars
At the hour of the wolf
When the world was asleep
And they pulled up their longships
In our sheltered cove
And they left us with nothing
But our eyes to weep.

* * *

Dark night, high sea
But not wind enough
To keep back the raiders
From our sheltered coast.
So we watch for the flare
Of the beacon that means
We must flee from our homes
Taking what we love most.

* * *

The sea wolves came raiding
On the darkest deep night
With the wind from the north
And no moon to shine bright.
Their dragon prows loomed
Through the wild ocean spray
Like dragons they roared
When they took you away.
We pray for a tempest to lash…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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