VOTE! 2010 BELTANE/SAMHUINN SHORT POEM ENTRIES

[Earthwoman]

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[Dragonwyst]

Evening (a villanelle)

A pool of stillness grows at close of day,
With silhouetted laughter in the trees
And dreamtime-haunted shadows fill the way.

The evening glows with last retreating ray
That lingers in the sigh of twilight breeze.
A pool of stillness grows at close of day

And as the west succumbs to gentle grey
The sonic, fluttering wings their moment seize,
And dreamtime-haunted shadows fill the way.

Before the gleam of starlight dares to play
Upon the eucalyptus canopies,
A pool of stillness grows at close of day

And in the rustling grass and leaf decay
Strikes up the chirp of evening symphonies,
And dreamtime-haunted shadows fill the way.

So thins the veil ‘tween now and yesterday
As time is held in silent melodies.
A pool of stillness grows at close of day
And dreamtime-haunted shadows fill the way.

[Teileag]

Windows

Windows of my house
Glittering in the sun
Letting you glimpse
A fragment of my life

Windows of the soul
Full of laughter
Sending rays of sunshine
Into the world

Windows of the soul
Full of tears
Hiding desperately
The darkness inside

Windows of the world
Endless possibilities
To get lost or to find
Windows of the soul

[Teileag]

Seasons


A brisk breeze blows over bright blue blossoms
Bird song soars straight into the silent sky
Delicate clouds drift dreamily into a dawning day
Sweet spring sends sundry greetings

Bees buzz busily in the blistering heat
Frogs frolic freely in fair forest pools
Red roses reluctantly reach out ruby fingers
Strong summer scents flavour the streets

Murky mists mingle mind and matter
Squirrels swiftly slip savoury nuts in storage
Hazelmice harvest honey hued hay
Autumn gives generous golden green gifts

Snow showers send streams of silent flakes
Bold bats brave bleak barren beacons
Harpers hail heaven with heroic hymns
Winter waves waxen white hands

[Mellinda]

Life worth remembering

Where did we come from?
Where are we going?
Dose it really matter?
If so for what reasons,
How will I be remembered?

Life is what you make it,
So make it a good Life,
Don’t make it a sad one,
Don’t hurt people for fun,
Look for the good in everyone.

Don’t waste time doing bad things,
Think how your life will effect others,
Don’t spend your life regretting,
Things that you could not change,
Then everyone will remember you.

By L F Tallis / Mellinda Copyright © 2004

[Mellinda]

Recipe for Happiness soup

A lot of love
A bag of dirt
A pinch of salt
A hearty Lough
A smile so sweet
A dash of sunshine
A spoonful of sugar
A handful of lavender
A rainbow of many colours
A cup of water from the chalice well
A cauldron so large that will never fill
A lot of friends and family to share the soup with


By L F Tallis =Mellinda 2009
Copyright © 2009


I was going to enter this in Recipies lol

[kitkalas]

Merry-go-round

Round and down the paths we go
Thrice times to
And twice times fro
Where it stops we cannot know
The joy is in the going

Crossing wild and hidden glades
By the stones
And o'er the bones
Chuckling at the cursing shades
Into the tall grass wading

Ne'er a thought we give to time
Round the clock
We spiral walk
Each step to the hidden rhyme
That sounds upon it's chiming

Songs and seasons come to pass
Praise the light
Fear not the night
Each amongst us finds at last
Our way to winter's wasting

Younger feet to dance we'll send
See them run
Old age be done
Ever turns what never ends
Time breaks what ceases bending

[Fox]

(I think I've entered this before, but what the hell, no rule against trying again, is there?)

The Maze

Green grass grows
Head-high hedgerows
Which way do I go
How does the wind blow
Left – right – left again
Find the centre before the rain
Thunderous black cloud
Heavy rain falls loud
Still lost
Paths crossed

I have come this way before
Faced the same familiar door
Next time I may try
But now I pass by
I feel so far
No guiding star
Let my feet freely tread
Follow the heart, not the head
Right – left – left and straight
Up the path and through the gate

In the centre in the rain
Water running through my brain
Mud squelching through my toes
In the air, three black crows
Lightning shows me all I need
A single second: future’s seed
To this point all paths converge
From this point all paths emerge
Open the gate, leave it ajar
Through the clouds, a single star

[Earthwoman]

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