Thursday, 13 June 2019

Without Maps


             
            

                             Pytheas passed it by,
                   off to the ultimate
                             fog-drift.
 
  Whales shriek,              sad in the sound,
  heralds of ice                inching in valleys
  above mud’s bubble     and mustering tremble,
  great with the gush      of the geyser-thrust,
  raking roots                 ripened in fire                 
  till Helgafel                   halts and humps,
 
                        waits, waits.

                   Pytheas sailed,
                   sailed and rowed
                             to the end of the world
 

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