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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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Wine of Nowhere
These have been some unsettled and unsettling times chez J. It shows in the work. More and more, I suspect I know what is going to happen before it does, which is just all kinds of wrong. Some days I … Continue reading
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Tagged folklore, formal verse, graves, imaginal, imagination, lore, lyric, magic, mystic, mysticism, poetic mysteries, poetry, prosody, spirits, spiritual, spirituality, vision, visionary, white goddess
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Hoy Alloy
Still feeling a bit reflective, having realized how many people I have lost in recent years, and how much I still feel their presences. My late partner was a poet, storyteller, all around literary person, and had a much more … Continue reading
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Tagged celtic folklore, folklore, formal verse, imaginal, imagination, inspiration, lore, lyric, magic, poetic mysteries, poetry, prosody, seal, selkie, silkie, silky, spirits, spirituality, water-seal
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Elf-Shot Arrow
The bells of the local Catholic church just rang out noon as I finished today’s work, only a minute or two ago. It hasn’t been that long since I always worked in the evening because the world outside was quieter. … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, faery, fey, folklore, formal verse, inspiration, lore, magic, omens, poetic mysteries, poetry, signs, song, spirits, spiritual path, verse
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Signal to Noise
In my dream-awake mode of composing poetry, almost anything can be made good use of. Interruptions from the day-world are not precisely welcome, but they can be incorporated into a story–sometimes. Other times, they come as hostile acts–perhaps directly from … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypal story, enchantment, folklore, inspiration, kindness, lore, magic, peace, poetry, prayer, story
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The Lovers
The Lovers Many years ago, when I was first really struggling to enter my full vocation, I had a vision. It’s been recounted before but, briefly, I was shown armies and then two individual soldiers fighting–who then they resolved into … Continue reading
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Rain Harp 