Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley

Author:Maria Dahvana Headley [Headley, Maria Dahvana]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780374110031
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2020-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

  Meanwhile, Beowulf gave zero shits.

  He dressed himself in glittering gear,

  his mail-shirt finely forged, links locked

  and loaded. He’d meet this murdering mother

  under mere, and amend her existence.

  Even if she tried to smother him, his bone-cage

  would stay intact. No weakness here. His helmet,

  bright against the bleak backdrop, would save his skull

  from the watery substrate, from the black mud

1450  and curious currents—hammered gold for a glamour-god,

  made by one long gone, jewels and boar-shaped ornaments

  imbued by the smith with power to keep other men from dying.

  No battle-teeth could test it, no sword slice that shine.

  Gold is good.

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