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Beltane
Lately I have marked the ten-year anniversary of my partner’s death. This came last night, after a long break. We shall see what follows: 30 April 2024 Still Beyond Telling Clear through the midst of the storm as the air … Continue reading
Singing-Over
The rain just started pouring down outside. I am so happy to hear it. I love rain–this is a rainy coastal place, and it has never yet rained too much for me. The sound of it brings quietness with it … Continue reading
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Tagged epitaph, formal verse, imaginal, imagination, lyric verse, magical working, memorial poem, poetry, spirituality
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So Much For That
The book I was working on wound up yesterday. I only felt the end coming on a couple of days before that, but I had also been feeling a bit slowed down and listless compared to a few months earlier. … Continue reading
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Tagged faery, formal verse, inspiration, magic, poetry, rhyme, ultraterrestrials, verse
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Never-Ending Indeed!
There’s no point even trying to catch up here–so much is in development. It’s all magic. I reached menopause, or ‘croned,’ about ten years ago. I could scarcely believe it–I had outlived my treacherous uterus! It was a most welcome … Continue reading
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Tagged faery, fairy tale, folklore, formal verse, holda, imaginal, lore, magic, nightmare, poetic mysteries, vision
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Happy Thursday!
Night before last I ordered a special present for myself and my home, a canvas print of Love Leading the Pilgrim by Edward Burne-Jones. It was the last painting he finished. He dedicated it to Algernon Swinburne, my chief poetry … Continue reading
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Post Beltane
These have been some quietly eventful weeks. Afternoons remain peaceful since the loud neighbors backed down, and the peace has meant more to me than I once could have imagined. I have my entire day to work again. Things tend … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, formal verse, holda, imaginal, magic, mevlevi, poetic mysteries, poetry, sufi
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Winds Still Easterly
Oh hello–I’ve just looked back at the last verses I posted here, and the last stanza, about the luna moth, struck me. Only male luna moths fly; the females eclose too heavy with eggs to get airborne. They wait on … Continue reading
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Tagged imaginal, magic, non-duality, poetic mysteries, poetry
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Some Summing
This has proven to be a very active time of threads coming together and making more sense than usual. And still I don’t know how much I can write down. There is always a quasi-superstitious fear of upsetting a delicate … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, poetic mysteries, poetry, spirituality, taoism
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Second Attempt
This is another try at the post I intended to write yesterday. It became a bit tangled, so I put up something else, thinking that might take some undue attention away from something unready to be said. It seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged imaginal, magic, magic mushrooms, poetic mysteries, poetry, psilocybin
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Rain Harp 