Event Title
Fine Land
Location
Diamond 141
Start Date
1-5-2014 9:00 AM
End Date
1-5-2014 10:50 AM
Project Type
Presentation- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
Up in the north theres a country filled with silent anger and frozen tears. Its called Finland. In its own language, its named swampland. In the short summers the thousands of swamps give birth to enough mosquitoes to feed about a quarter of Europes birds. During the long winter, about eight kilometers of ice cover the swamps and the land. A breed of red pelted dogs roams the evergreens, barking at birds and squirrels if the puppy dropped out of high school and didnt learn what to not to bark at. The people following the dogs will try to shoot the birds, occasionally the squirrels, and occasionally succeed in hitting the target. Depends how drunk he is. That he is drunk is quite a safe assumption, since he is a Finn, and Finnish men are generally drunk. Youd be too if you got covered by mountains of ice every goddamn winter and if the combined winters lasted two thirds of your life.
Faculty Sponsor
Jennifer Boylan
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Creative Writing Program
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
773
Fine Land
Diamond 141
Up in the north theres a country filled with silent anger and frozen tears. Its called Finland. In its own language, its named swampland. In the short summers the thousands of swamps give birth to enough mosquitoes to feed about a quarter of Europes birds. During the long winter, about eight kilometers of ice cover the swamps and the land. A breed of red pelted dogs roams the evergreens, barking at birds and squirrels if the puppy dropped out of high school and didnt learn what to not to bark at. The people following the dogs will try to shoot the birds, occasionally the squirrels, and occasionally succeed in hitting the target. Depends how drunk he is. That he is drunk is quite a safe assumption, since he is a Finn, and Finnish men are generally drunk. Youd be too if you got covered by mountains of ice every goddamn winter and if the combined winters lasted two thirds of your life.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/315