The Penguin Book of Oral PoetryRuth H. Finnegan Poems from thirteen cultures, e.g. Australian Aborigines of Arnhem land, Mongol, Somali, Yoruba, Zulu, etc. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Dear as the moon | 16 |
There is no rest | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Apirana Ngata Arnhem Land Baatar balwo beautiful Beyrek birds blood-red stallion Born Bralbral Bralgu breast brother Buidalei camels canoe chant child cloud comes composed corn cries Curve-of-the-Whale-Tooth D-Day Dodgers dance dark dawn death Djanggawul djuda Dugong earth elephant epic Eshu Eskimo eyes father Flight-of-the-Chiefs flower foam girl golden Gond hand head heart heaven Hidden Dragon horse Irish Kane Khuiten King Kyklops land light living look Malay Maori mats I dived mauwulan Milingimbi minstrel Mirgan Mongol moon morning mother mountain night Oghuz oral poetry paddle pantun poems poet poetic praise rain rangga rising Rotuma sacred sail mats San-niang Shaka shine sing Somali songs splashing stand Star stream sung symbolism thee Tip-of-the-Single-Feather translation tree Unaya verse waridj warrior waves wife wind Wind-of-the-Open-Sea woman words Yoruba yurta Zulu