Still behind - Vanaheim - The nine realms

She is behind

yet she keeps walking

she follows him everywhere

with the sun around her neck

she owns the day and the night

                yet she is still behind

her golden tears are falling

                yet she keeps flying

she can see the future

she can see it all

she is powerful

she is resourceful

but she is behind

she is still behind.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

Don´t follow me - Nifelheim - The nine realms

Somehow I feel

that you mustn’t come

it is so cold over here

my feet are freezing

the snow is falling

my love

please, don’t follow me

somehow I feel

that I might be lost

the rivers are frozen

I am having nightmares

I don’t know what is this

my love

please, don’t follow me

somehow I feel

that this place is poisoned

the land stinks of cadaver

I feel threatened

I feel lonely I feel lost

my love

please, don’t follow me

somehow I feel

there is no end

the mist is overwhelming

I feel guilt and regret

this is all too much to bare

my love

please

don’t follow me.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

Little they know - Nidavellir - The nine realms

Petrol or spark

light or lime

            little they know

sunshine and stone

magic and knowledge

            little they know

work work work

little they know

hiding in the darkness

little they know

coming going knowing

little they know

creating binding transforming

little they know

now you see it, now you don’t

            little they know

about all they know

            little they know.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

It is me - Muspelheim - The nine realms

It’s me riding over permafrost

It’s me

                burning

                melting ice and life

                burning

                               burning

fire burning deep inside

it’s me

                setting everything on fire

rage riding over fire

restlessness riding over ice

                it’s me

again

I have enough fire

                to burn thousand suns

                to consume the earth

it’s me

                burning

it’s me

                and I am waiting

                to set the world on fire.

It’s me

wind made of fire

get ready to glow

get ready to start all over again

it’s me

                again

                               burning.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

It is there - Midgard - The nine realms

Can you see it?

It is there with its days and its nights

with its darkness and its light

with its cold and its warmth

with its love and its hate

with its poison and its cure

can you see it?

right there in the middle

right there by the sea

right there being born

right there being destroyed

can you see it?

it is the place that falls

it is the place that rises

it is the place far away from the gods

can you see it?

it is right over there

it is the place

it is there

it is life

it is us.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

Frostbitten mind - Jotunheim - Nine realms

Through darkness

and eternal sunshine

darkness and brightness

like never-ending dreams

frostbitten mind

awaits in another dream

thoughts

repeated

the pebble falls inside your mind

thoughts

                               repeated

thoughts

being broken

tongues

being broken

day and night

the mind is playing tricks

the night is long

the day is long

time stopping

the mind is flying in circles.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

Around the corner - Helheim - The nine realms

Just around the corner

there is confusion

and the land shakes

there are cries

and it is raining

there is angst

and the land is dry

there is hope

and nothing seems to change

there is money

and nothing has a value

there is lust

and there are children disappearing

there is wind

and the three is shaking

there is greed

and the wolf is running free

there is knowledge

and we cannot see the sun

there is freedom

and there is nowhere to go

there is ice melting

and the winter is never-ending.

just around the corner

                there is hell.

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This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

Alone and afraid - Asgard - The nine realms

All alone

                smashing stones

                carving wood

                playing with gold

all alone

                behind a broken wall

                waiting for another spell

all afraid

                that the world might change

                that more giants might come

all afraid

                and the wolf is howling

                and the serpent is rattling

                and they can hear the giants’ steps

all alone

all afraid.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps website here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

Shining - Alfheim - The nine realms

Shining

it might be just a dream

a little voice small and fair

a blinding sun inside of you

moving

it might be just a parasite

                               an idea

a voice that it isn’t there

becoming

something at every step

something that you might deny

something that you might follow

growing

it might be just a cloud

                                               expanding

something like a blinding mist

shining

it might be just a maggot

a little bit of light             moving

something that you might ignore.

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You can read the post at the Artipeeps webpage here and listen at a reading of this poem.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

"Mono" by James Knight

“Mono”, by James Knight, is a novella about the natural history of sharks. No, wait. It is about the sharks that you have met in life, and about those weird friends of yours. It is a story about dreams and mirrors and the masks you are wearing right now. It is a book of fragmented stories, related poems, other books and the fragility of your memories.

It is also a book peppered with James´ irreverent images. These images do not illustrate the book, although they sometimes open another door on the story you are reading. The images could be a parallel novella, another story happening at the same time. They are doors to different rooms in the house that is James´ mind. And sometimes the rooms are dark.

James Knight´s “Mono” is daring and playful. You can see that James is having fun when he writes. He is an explorer of the narrative and he walks along dark corridors confidently, leaving behind traces of his raw, beautiful and unapologetic way of writing poetry.

Once you have read James´ books you cannot read the next one little by little. You want to read them completely. Immediately. You know that you will feel moved, scared, even disgusted at times. Yet you also know that you will laugh and you know that you will smile with the boldness and the beauty of his words. 

You can buy "Mono" here.