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
Fire of dawn-light in Her hair, Fire flows like milk from Her hands. Fire of bright promise in Her springing step, Fire of the flame in Her eyes. A blessing on Your hearthfire, On Your gift of words, On the brightness of Your sacred body, A blessing on Your flame. — Cait Johnson Blessings for … 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
The Children of Nut – Part One © Dan Furst From the Universal Festival Calendar for January, 2010. It’s Jump Time, as Jean Houston entitled her new book on Shaping Your Future in a World of Radical Change. As you know if you’re a regular reader of the UFC [And I urge you to become … Read more
The Goddess Who Created This Passing World by Alice Notley from Selected Poems (Talisman House © 1993) The Goddess who created this passing world Said Let there be lightbulbs & liquefaction Life spilled out onto the street, colors whirled Cars & the variously shod feet were born And the past & future & I born … Read more
Oh Goddess Mother You are the mystery of Night Your radiant shine is the Day Infinite realms cascade within You Abundance is Your essence of Being Blessings flow from You Limitlessly Your Universe is harmony and tension in Balance Within each of us, You are Alive. — Abby Willowroot © 1998 Before we resume the … Read more
I Am the World by Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866 – 1918) I am the song, that rests upon the cloud; I am the sun; I am the dawn, the day, the hiding shroud, When dusk is done. I am the changing colours of the tree; The flower uncurled; I am the melancholy of the sea; … Read more
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1850 Many thanks to Waverly FitzGerald, who is the source for much of today’s lore. Blessings to you, Waverly, for your faithful, invaluable … Read more
A Blue Moon is when two full Moons occur in one calendar month. It is an occurrence that happens about every 2.5 years. A Blue Moon on New Year’s is much rarer, only occurring once in about 19-20 years. But then, a Blue Moon eclipse on New Year’s Eve, even partial, as today’s will be, … Read more
This is the Eve of the Winter Solstice. This is the great celebration of Mother Night. As far as we know, our ancestors did not have atomic clocks or satellites to help them dissect Time to the nanosecond. Instead, they had to figure by their keen observation, by dead reckoning, by the plants and animals, … Read more