Enga mellom fjella

Swirl of a Schottis

Swirl of a Schottis

In a twirl of skirt,
a flutter of eyelashes,
she waltzes across a hardwood floor:

fastfastfast

s l o w
s l o w
s l o w

(fastfastfast once more)

She turns in a swirl of a schottis
to the violins' squeal,
to an evening star.

Outside, all fades to orange and midnight blue
the air gone still; still warm,
she's breathless.

Inside, she collapses into a chair,
inhales deeply,

rests a beat,

stands to prance by the door:

fastfastfast

s l o w
s l o w
s l o w

swirls and twirls once more.

© 2008 Kåre Enga [165.96] 2008-05-31

A schottis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOl5QR9PFXw

Mora, Sweden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LtzXTE_DBo

Today is Midsummer , which is very special in Scandinavia.

Midsommar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT5egJ89VGo&feature=related

ME:

I managed to get up and out of the house and back again! Even remembered bread and milk at Aldis. No forward movement on anything else, however.

BLOGVILLE:

Well, I had my good cry. This blog finally cracked the top 200! Then I started looking at the dates that the other blogs were started. In the Top 200, only Cowboy and Anyea started around the same time. Most of the others were started before 2007! This makes sense. My old blog still gets views and will some day hit 30k. The power of Google is awesome! The more entries you have and the more topical the entries are, combined with sheer longevity, provides a plethora of views. Not necessarily comments ... just views.

Kansas: 83º at 16:20 and sunny.

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