The Gods’ Twilight


Dark skies lit by lightning bright
City lights slighted by foreboding sight
Dweller’s fright blights their night
As Ragnarök’s fight takes flight
Icy winds bite and show their might
Streaks of white at differing heights
Clatter with spite as they strike and smite
And Norse Gods reveal their plight
The End and The Beginning, all unite
For Ragnarøkkr; the Gods’ Twilight

Hélène has provided the above dramatic image for this week’s What Do You See? challenge. It took me back to the days of Norse Mythology, and the End and the Beginning of time. Link below:

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23 responses to “The Gods’ Twilight”

  1. Visionkeeper avatar

    Nice one TL….Good poem…And that photo is amazing!!! Never seen anything like it! Thanks for sharing it. VK

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thanks, VK. It’s another photo shared by Hélène for her weekly challenge!
      Isn’t it dramatic?

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  2. Hélène - Willow Poetry avatar
    Hélène – Willow Poetry

    A beautiful poetic rendition of Norse Mythology, Tom. The end and the beginning, you wrote an absolutely magnificent poem. Thank you!

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thank you once again for providing the inspiration, Hélène.

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      1. Hélène - Willow Poetry avatar
        Hélène – Willow Poetry

        My pleasure, Tom.

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  3. anotherday2paradise avatar

    Wonderful poem and image, Tom Very dramatic indeed. 👏🏻

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thanks, Sylvia.
      It just spoke in Norse to me! 😀

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      1. anotherday2paradise avatar

        I like the idea of gods plural. 😀

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        1. Tom avatar

          I’ve always been drawn to multiple gods.

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  4. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    Great Poem and Image Tom.. The skies are getting more and more dramatic if one keeps looking skyward.. 🙂

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thanks, Sue.
      Yes, indeed. There seems to be more happening now than there used to!

      Like

  5. inaloveworld avatar

    Wow! Beautiful lines and AMAZING photo! Thank you for sharing!!

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    1. Tom avatar

      My pleasure for the words, Manuela. Hélène found the photo!

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  6. Claire avatar
    Claire

    That’s a beautiful photo, I saw lightening like this in Las Vegas many years ago but the hotel windows were so dirty that’s I couldn’t get any decent photos. It was amazing to see though, nature at its best.

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    1. Tom avatar

      It is a dramatic photo, Claire, isn’t it?
      I saw lightning when it was snowing once – that felt surreal. Mind you, nature’s fabulous whatever’s going on.

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      1. Claire avatar
        Claire

        Lightening on snow sounds very strange. I’m not so keen on nature when it’s destroying my allotment and crops, or raining when on holiday (like now) but it can be stunning.

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        1. Tom avatar

          The ‘bad’ side is just there so we appreciate the ‘good’ side all the more! 😀 That’s what I tell myself when the weather’s doing the total opposite to what I feel it should be doing.

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  7. Violet Lentz avatar

    The god’s twilight. Visionary…

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    1. Tom avatar

      It’s what struck me when I saw the photo, Violet.
      The story, that is… not the, erm, lightning…
      Thank you! 🙂

      Like

  8. pvcann avatar

    Love the imagery

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thanks, Paul.

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