For the love of haiku – Nidhöggr and its music
The current haiku challenge on the Carpe Diem blog is a really different one this time; a piece of music called Nidhöggr. I enjoyed the music, but found using it as a haiku prompt quite difficult.
As far as I can find out, the Nidhöggr is some kind of dragon, popular in Scandinavian mythology.
The voices of rhythm
and melody, echo
the dragon’s heartbeat.
I too like the echo of the dragon’s heartbeat. Epic line.
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Thank you for your lovely comment. We will never hear a real dragon heartbeat; only through imagination and music can we get close to it.
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Dragon’s heartbeat.. and indeed the dragon gnaw the roots of Yggdrasil…
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I’d forgotten about Yggdrasil – such a wonderful word – thank you for reminding me.
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Oh how interesting. This morning when I was commenting on Carpe Diem I said the word nidhoggr evoked thoughts of Lord of the Rings and even mentioned dragons. I was more accurate than I realized.
Lovely haiku.
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Love “the dragon’s heartbeat”…wonderful!
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Thank you.
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