Lögberg-Heimskringla - 16.05.1986, Side 8

8-WINNIPEG, FOSTUDAGUR 16. MAI 1986
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í fir^riinni MaaniiQ fimm ára StÓð. P.lrlri f*r \ IrrnlfQÓQnnm alltaf fntt ■ .^L JL L
í fjörunni Magnús fimm ára stóð.
Það fossaði í æðum hans
sækongablóð.
Brotsjó a skerjunum hafaldan hlóð
Og, horfði á farmanninn unga.
Vígamóður í barninu brann.
Það brosti að hafinu þunga.
Héðan frá króki er hetja mörg
Á hafið róin eftir björg.
Sú ætt hefur verið við kvikurnar
(körg)
Og kunnað á þær að leika.
Þegar við stýrið hún sat í sjó.
Sá henni enginn skeika.
Magnús í fjörunni æskuna ól
Og æfðist að nota farmannsins tól.
Aldrei fékk hann af hafinu hól
En hló að þess ógnarreiði.
Þegar rokið riðið var hjá,
Réri hann eftir veiði.
Ekki er í kroksósnum alltaf fótt.
Þar illt er að lenda um koldimma,
nótt.
Geigvænar holskeflur æða þar ótt
Og upp að landinu halda.
Bátunum litlu, sem brjótast þar inn
Bjóða þær faðminn kalda.
En af að við stýrið er örugg hönd,
Enginn kvíðir að mæta strönd.
Magnús sat oft við brakandi bönd
Og blíndi með augum sárum.
Skipið lét svo létt að hans stjórn
Og læddist hjá hvæsandi bárum.
Þegar hann fimmtugs afmæli á,
Ekki er lokið að segja frá.
Hann á eftir að halda á sjá
Og hafa þar gott til fanga.
Bárurnar hrópa blessun á hann
Með brosi á köldum vanga.
B.G.
Readers of Lögberg-Heimskringla,
some of them at least, know that in
September of this year, Heimskringla
will celebrate its centennial birthday.
A committee has for some time work-
ed diligently at preparing her birth-
day. A special edition of Lögberg-
Heimskringla is being prepared, but
that will be the first publication
following the break in August.
Writers in North America and
Iceland have been cohtacted and
asked to contribute an article, a short
story, a poem, etc. to the birthday
issue. These people have been told
that their contribution will only be
accepted on the condition their
pieces have not appeared in any
other publication before. At this
New Books in Iceland
Fuglarnir okkar (Feathered
Friends), by Stefán Adalsteinsson and
Grétar Eiríksson. Pub. Bjallan.
Adalsteinsson's text and Eirík-
sson's illustrations combine to make
this an appealing source of informa-
tion for young readers about the most
coromon bird species found in
Iceland.
* * *
Sagan öll (End of the Story) by
Pétur Gunnarsson. Pub. Punktar.
The fourth and final in the series
about Andri, whose childhood was
the subject of the author's bestseller
Punktur, punktur, komma, strik. An-
dri's growth to manhood covers the
postwar period, and Icelandic readers
have been quick to respond to the
picture of their society and the forces
that have shaped it.
* * *
Leitin ad landinu fagra (The Search
for the Fair Country) by Gudbergur
Bergsson. Pub. Mál og menning.
One of the most portean and
productive writers working today,
who never fails to surprise his
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