The Sixth Annual Brighid Poetry Festival this year was the best one yet! Every year, everyone on the Web is invited to share a favorite poem in honor of the Goddess of poetry, healing and craft. There were hundreds and hundreds of sumptuous selections. This weekend, I am sharing two selections from the blissful … Read more
For the 4th year of this six-year celebration, I am delighted and honored to join in the ever-growing Brigid Poetry Slam. Throughout the blogosphere, everyone is invited to post poetry in honor of blessed Brighid today on Her feast day. She is the Irish Goddess and patron saint of smithcraft, poetry, and healing. This year, … Read more
For the 3rd year, I am delighted and honored to join in the ever-growing Brigid Poetry Slam. Throughout the blogosphere, everyone is invited to post poetry in honor of blessed Brigid, Goddess of Poetry on Her holy day. My contribution today is a beautiful selection that my sister used for an art piece she made … Read more
There, at the foot of the tree, belonging to no man, A silver apple falls. There, amongst the branches, the mother sits. Weaver of dreams against the weft of the wood, Insight falls like gentle rain on a moon-bathed garden. — Song to Hecate, by Alison Jones Now we make ready for the great festival … Read more
Many people fail to understand the magic of poetry. Perhaps it was a run-in with some dull English teacher in middle school; or forced marches through obscure parts of Dante and Whittier, with the emphasis on rote memorization, not the passion and meaning of the words. But as most shamans, priestesses, bards, Kahunas, Druids, and … Read more
While I am away, I am sharing some of the poetry for Brighid that was posted this week in Her honor. Drink deep from this beauty and fill the wells of your inspiration. MESSENGER by Mary Oliver (how could I not include a Mary Oliver poem?) My work is loving the world.Here the sunflowers, there … Read more
While I am away, I am sharing some of the poetry for Brighid that was posted this week in Her honor. Drink deep from this beauty and fill the wells of your inspiration. SONG 17from Earth Psalmsby Angela Magara My lips call to you Goddess.My lips – in which I have steeped truth of its … Read more
While I am away, I am sharing some of the poetry for Brighid that was posted this week in Her honor. Drink deep from this beauty and fill the wells of your inspiration. THE CAVE PAINTERSby Eamon Grennan Holding only a handful of rushlightthey pressed deeper into the dark, at a crouchuntil the great rock … Read more
While I am away, I am sharing some of the poetry for Brighid that was posted this week in Her honor. Drink deep from this beauty and fill the wells of your inspiration. HEART TO HEARTby Rita Dove It’s neither rednor sweet.It doesn’t meltor turn over,break or harden,so it can’t feelpain,yearning,regret. It doesn’t havea tip … Read more
Brigid © Lisa IrisThe opposite of war is not peace, it’s creation.— Jonathon Larson, Rent There is no doubt that we are moving through times of tremendous socio-economic stress. Our new president, Barack Obama, has encouraged Americans to respond by making service to our country and to one another a priority. This may take many … Read more