Skaldance

by Gary Geddes

Gary Geddes's ancestors fished herring off the Orkney Islands, but his own fishing takes a different form. His new poetry collection, Skaldance , weaves in and out of the history of the islands like the wind, ocean, and invaders that have shaped the unique Norse-Scottish landscape and culture of the Orkadians. An outsider with a stake in these remote northern islands, Geddes takes on the role of Skald, the poet of Old Norse tradition, who reports...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864923872
• ISBN13: 9780864923875
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"