Elegy of North

Paul Kotschy

October 2023

It's the echoes in the strings of a distant past.
It's the lingering tones which lament a loss.
I hear it beat across a thousand years,
And hear it hum your children sound asleep.

It's a people ensconced in a fiery hertha.
It's their cries amidst the shadows of a heritage.
I see them dance inside the circles of their dark,
And see a forest morning flicker into light.1 2

1. 1 This poem was inspired by Heilung's song Norupo. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64CACoHNBEI.
2. 2 I declare this to be my own work, entirely. In particular, no AI was used in any research, analysis, synthesis, writing, nor typesetting of this work. In short, AI was not recruited at any time in this work. Errors and inaccuracies are therefore proudly my own.

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