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SEEDS 04. Island of Viðey festival - Viðeyjarhátið

07.07.2009

We live in Viðey

hearing the birds sing and fly

an island in Reykjavík's sea

with nobody nearby, just 9 volunteers and me.

Some of us flew from Spain, Korea and Japan

others from Germany, Ireland, France and Taiwan

for others the stay is not so short,

they came from England and a land famous for it's Port.

Our main task is very clear

and so we had nothing to fear

bonfires were made, and the coastline spotless

for we all together had cleaned up the mess.

The Viðey festival is coming

which we will help in running

building kites, wooden objects, and giving medals to people in a race.

all of which made us happy putting a huge smile on our face.

In our free days we go with the boat to the city

we see whales and puffins on a journey ever so pretty

we also go to the swimming pool

lots of laughter here, with filipa always playing the fool.

The environment is on our minds when we gather at night

for we don't want to rest, we want to fight.

we talk about dams, hydropower and H2O,

and the biodegradation of rubbish, our enemy, our foe.

The results of our work

are very nice to see

all the island is cleaned

from the centre to the sea :)

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