Category: Poetry
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In The Mists
Breathless misty dream fog singsDeep hearted winter daysCrows calling, frosted branches beckonSilvered spider webs swayCold wind blowing, northern ancestors wingTrickling under skinSolace hunted shadows snugHaunted death wilding lightIvy blossoms blue berried spheresRosehip promises delightHidden in the wispsSolstice past, wintered hearts enfoldEndless cold and gathering lightYearning shadowy twilight daysImbolc comes calling fastHolding on to winter’s edgeFalling…
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A Winter Poem
Winter reveals her emblems In bare branch and Holly. She has arranged for me A tapestry of berry As my winter blessing. The sun sets, revealing moon Bedded down in marly clouds Laden with deluge. I take Winter by the hand And follow her Into the very heart Of her darkness. The moon is full…
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I Wonder…
I wonder if the sea everSays to the shoreI’m not sureIf I’ll be backAnd with a loveLike that bringsGifts of seashellsIn it’s absenceSays listen When you miss meKnow I am closeAnd although my oceanHeart is vast and deepI am a calm tide of right hereAlwaysFlowing through youLike electric riversCaught up in currentsOf compassionWe’re all just…
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Significance of Three Cauldrons and the Cauldron of Poesy
“My true Cauldron of VocationIt has been taken by the Gods from the mysteries of the elemental abyss A fitting decision that ennobles one from one’s centerthat pours forth a terrifying stream of speech from the mouth.”– the words of Amergin White Knee, Ollamh(From a translation by Erynn Laurie of the “Cauldron of Poesy”)
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Lessons From an Oak Tree
All photos by Seán Ó hUltacháin. Kindness. To shelter millions of creatures smaller than you who feed on you and in return they keep you healthy. Rootedness. To fall back to your roots when you die. Strength. To take great strength and be strong inside by the countless small actions performed by the leaves over…