My SongRabindranath TagoreThis song of mine will wind its music around you,my child, like the fond arms of love. The song of mine will touch your foreheadlike a kiss of blessing. When you are alone it will sit by your side andwhisper in your ear, when you are in the crowdit will fence you about … Read more
Many thanks to Sybil Archibald, the sumptuously gifted artist known as “Painter of Blue” on Twitter, for sharing this the other day. Obviously, she is also a discerning connoisseur of poetry.Intimate Hymnfrom Human, God’s Ineffable Name, by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel,translated by Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi From word to word I roam, from dawn to … Read more
The Waking— Theodore Roethke I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.I learn by going where I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know?I hear my being dance from ear to ear.I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. Of … Read more
It Is Time to Wake Up! — Hafiz (1320-1389) Hey you, parrot! Speaking in riddles,Sugar wouldn’t melt in your mouth! Clear your head so your heart will be happy,And then mimic the words of the Beloved! To everyone who walks by, you have given mixed messages;For God’s sake, tell us something we don’t know. O … 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
St. Bridget of the Mantle by MD Spooner (?) Fire in the forge thatshapes and tempers. Fire of the hearth thatnourishes and heals.Fire in the head thatincites and inspires.— The Three-Fold Fire of Brighid, the Ord BrighideachToday is the feast day of St. Brigid who is also Brighid, the beloved Goddess of the Old Religion. … Read more
January from A Calendar of Sonnets by Helen Hunt JacksonO Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire,What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turnDismayed, and think thy snow a sculptured urnOf death! Far sooner in midsummer tireThe streams than under ice. June could not hireHer roses to forego the strength they learnIn sleeping on … Read more