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Tag Archives: inspiration
More Than Happy
Images that shift and change even as I am describing them are nothing new. They take a light hand to keep in just enough order to prevent the dreaded mixed metaphors from breaking out all over. I’ve been reading about … Continue reading
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Tagged faery, formal verse, imagination, inspiration, lore, magic, mystic, mysticism, other world, poem, poetic mysteries, poetry, prosody, suicide, trance, trancework, vision
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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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Un-Thought-Out
This will probably be brief, because I am still considering what just happened. The verses to follow came very, very quickly; I only paused at one point because I was unsure I could hear clearly enough. I have been reading … Continue reading
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Tagged dorothy love coates, dreams, dreamwork, formal verse, gospel, inspiration, magic, mystic, mysticiam, poetic mysteries, poetry, spirits, spirituality, vision, visionary, waking dream
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Magic Is Afoot
Recent entries here have fallen into a format that I see some potential in and will probably use for a while. The Vita Nuova example I mentioned in an earlier post has always held a lot of interest for me. … Continue reading
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Tagged formal verse, grace, inspiration, literature, magic, omens, poetry, prosody, signs, writer's block, writing
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Dream Meter
The piece to follow is so new, I might still be able to tell you a little about what was going on as it was happening. To begin with, these verses are cast in a special meter, one that came … Continue reading
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Tagged dreaming, imaginal, inspiration, inspired, mysticism, mystics, paradox, poem, poetic mysteries, poetry, spiritual, vision, visionary, waking dream
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Valentine
Happy Valentine’s Day! A curious holiday, a minor saint’s feast day become a popular and very secular celebration of love, and usually romantic love at that–are we happy, we who are without partners? Are we celebrating today? Not to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged formal verse, inspiration, omens, poem, poetry, portents, signs, valentine, valentine's day, verse, vision
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Oriflamme
Sometimes I ask for a vision or a beginning phrase in the morning before rising, something from the nightside to bring waking dreams into the day. This morning, I saw and heard horses–many of them, ‘massing.’ Everything always means more … Continue reading
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Tagged formal verse, inspiration, magic, poetry, psychic art, verse
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Epiphany
Everything grew too much over the holidays because of the neighborhood issue I have alluded to earlier, and it affected my health pretty badly. Friends recognized that I was beyond merely stressed out, and got help for me. All’s well, … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, enlightenment, epiphany, formal verse, inspiration, magic, poetry, prosody, revelation, romantic poetry, spirit, spiritual, supernal, the beautiful
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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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Dewi Sant
2 March 2020 David is the patron saint of Wales, land of my foremothers and fathers, direct ancestor of our artery of song. His name is not Daffydd, cymbricized from the Hebrew David; it is Dewi. Dewi Sant is the … Continue reading
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Tagged forever, formal verse, imagination, inspiration, love, lyric, lyric verse, magic, mundus imaginalis, muse, poem, poetry, song, soul, spirit, spiritual, vision, visionary
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Rain Harp 