Fjórir Tanka: Golden Circle (8/17/12)

The Golden Circle bus trip.

Icelandic Horse

Ponies they are not

Yet with manes long and bushy

Stances stout and strong

They travel the four beat tölt

Without dropping a drip of beer

~ 23 Aug 2012

   Reykjavik, Iceland

Geysir

The derivative

Dormant lays; as its cousin,

Stokkur, yet still spoots

Geysas of scalding vatn

High above the treeless ground.

~ 23 Aug 2012

   Reykjavik, Iceland

Gullfoss

Icy water falls

As the foss cuts, curves and curls

Canyons deep and rapt,

“Caverns measureless to man,”

Beauty boundless to the eye.

~ 23 Aug 2012

   Reykjavik, Iceland

Lögberg

The plates rip in rifts

New World west and Europe east.

Fire, snow and sea:

The flag flies freely unfurled

There upon the Rock of Law

~23 Aug 2012

  Reykjavik, Iceland