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Search Results for: kennings

Kennings

31st August 2019 by

Kennings are an ancient riddle form using pairs of words to describe the subject. As you walk across the Peak District landscapes why not try creating your own kennings to share with  your friends?

A couple to get you started:

Soil-turner
Slow-learner,
Harvest-earner,
Each spring, returner
(Answer = Plough)

 

Bottomless pool,

Ageless stone,

Bracken slopes,

Buzzards call

(Answer = The Roaches)

Poems from a BM125 workshop with Creeping Toad and Borderland Voices at the Dove Valley Centre

Kennings

31st August 2019 by

Kennings are an ancient riddle form using pairs of words to describe the subject. As you walk across the Peak District landscapes why not try creating your own kennings to share with your friends?

A couple to get you started:

Rock-weigher,
Field-ruler,
Bone-layer,
Stone-shepherd
(Answer =Drystone waller)

 

Vole-taker,
Cry-maker,
Dawn-waker,
Sky-straker
(Answer = Buzzard)

Poems from a BM125 workshop with Creeping Toad and Borderland Voices at the Dove Valley Centre

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