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Rated: E · Poetry · Fantasy · #796325
A fantasy poem written for the Winter's Fantasy Contest
This is the poem of the Feast of the Goddess of Winter, Frejamorn. It is oft sang by the peasant folk during the celebration which starts at sundown of the last day of Goodseason and concludes at sunrise the next day. The Feast of Frejamorn is the last opportunity the peasants have to rejoice in the fortune that Goodseason always brings. It is also the last time the peasants will be merry for a long time, for the winter is harsh, food is scarce and the storms rage fiercely.

The stars have told our Starmen
And they in turn told us
Goodseason shall be over
We’ll mourn the grass and clover
The hare and bear and gopher
Shall sleep, for Freja’ comes


And She shall bringeth winter
The priests have all proclaimed
There is no worth in praying
Nor sacrifice nor slaying
Of lamb or ham or slaveling
For blood she doth not crave


Prepare ye selves and listen
‘cause soon the goddess comes
And She’ll, with pow’r She wields
Lay waste to farm and field
But bone and stone to yield
And little of all else


Five moons the winter lasteth
With snow and sleet and ice
While freezing are we peasants
Fat Lords are warm and pleasant
They wine and dine on pheasant
And we break frozen bread


But …


The time is drawing nearer
Though nigh it is not yet
For now we shall be merry
And dance like elf and faery
Hear me and be not wary
If just for this one night

The Feast of Frejamorn
She comes for us at dawn
Betwixt the set and rise of Sol
We’ll dance to Summer’s Song
And eat and drink till our bellies are full
For by ‘morrow we may be gone
By ‘morrow we may be gone
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