Virtuous Woman of the East
From EastKingdomWiki
Written by Toki Redbeard in October of A.S. 44. The verse form is kvithuhattr.
| Clean the heart | and clear the voice | |
| of bright kin | of claw-dragon, | |
| filling hall | with fiendish tales. | |
| Also sweet | songs do echo | |
| from this small | friend of poems. | |
| Oft I praise | her potent muse— | |
| Odin’s wine | eager pouring. | |
| While pouring, | wonder I— | |
| If ‘neath muse | murder lurking. | |
| Can her heart | the cleanest be? | |
| Mothers trust | troubadors not! | |
| Could this birch | break the peace and | |
| Would she spit | with spear her foes? | |
| With axe fell | the oaks of feud? | |
| If need comes, | a corpse to hide? | |
| A foul crime, | to cover up? | |
| Bearing to | boulder of law | |
| false witness, | a friend to aid? | |
| Not ever. | Elm of virtue— | |
| East’s finest | is fair and true. | |
| Still I wonder | if winsome gleam | |
| in brow’s moons | does mischief show? | |
| Or brief flicker | of fire’s lighting | |
| which twinkles in | the tune-smith’s eyes. |
© Michael Dixon
