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Hiding Deep in Hindscroft

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Poem (Canso): 
Hiding deep in Hindscroft
Mighty sounds the Horn-call
Crown a King and Queen Here!
Call to arms eternal.

Dawns the day in splendor
Drenching rain forgotten
Crown a King and Queen Here!
Called you here! Now Listen!

Now comes Mighty Michael!
Seonaid moves alongside
Reigned they long, remember
Reigned they long, to our pride.

King and Queen with reverence
Call their reign an end there
An end they call, and welcome
Atlantia’s crown heirs

Sun, in glory, shining
Sable hair, crown of gold
Blackhammer’s banner advances!
Ragnar, Mighty and Bold!

Stands a Queen Beside him
Anneke strong and tall
Ragnar’s Inspiration
Graces Atlantia’s halls.

Now a new beginning
Now the thrones are taken
Arise, Atlantia’s subjects!
Applaud the new day breaking!

Hindscroft hides a secret
Sounds the mighty horn-call
New-crowned king and queen here
Call to arms eternal.

Documentation / Explanation (Razo): 
If I had to pick one drottkvaett to perform or submit or let people analyze this would be it. I was lucky enough to be asked to autocrat the Coronation of Ragnarr III and Anneke I and I also wrote the flyer. I’ve never been a fan of boring flyers (I’ve written a few) and this one wasn’t going to be any different. This was also the first time the SCA had been able to use Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center in Reidsville and the site is, quite simply, mind-blowingly nice. Cabins, rec hall, feast hall, air conditioning, etc etc etc. So I threw together the first four lines (Hiding deep in Hindscroft / Mighty sounds the horn-call / Crown a King and Queen here / Call to arms eternal) because I liked the way it sounded; to me it sounded like the opening bars of the theme to Superman: The Movie.

Then I left it completely alone because I had what I needed, i.e., the lines for the flyer. Those lines sat there for months until somebody reminded me that there was going to be a Viking poetry competition for Ymir. I had all of two days to write something and I had no inspiration, no motivation; I didn’t really care, basically.

Then I was flipping through the flyer I’d written for that Coronation, looking for the street address of the site since we were using the site again for the Coronation of Valharic II & Arielle III, and those four lines jumped off the page and slapped me in the face.