2005 BELTANE/SAMHUINN SHORT POETRY ENTRIES

[John]

thank you!

[DaRC]

Merry May

When I was out sailing, so far out at sea
the Queen of the Oceans came crying to me:
"Oh why won't you stay, live here in my deeps?

I say "Nay, nay I must away,
my love awaits. My bod's for she
born on a day in the merry May."

When I was out riding, alone on the land
the Lady of the Greenwood came calling to me:
"Come and rule here o'er this woody stand!"

I say "Nay, nay I must away,
my love awaits. My heart's for she
born on a day in the merry May."

When I was out flying, like lark in the air
the Doe of the Heavens reached down to me:
"To skies you must fly, be Prince of my star."

I say "Nay, nay I must away,
my love awaits. My soul's for she
born on a day in the merry May."

And so, at last, the wait is past
My love awaits, to hear her say:
"Hey, hey you're here today
I'll hold you tight this night full fast."

[Ima]

I write I write
Untill
Deep in the Night

I see I see
Beyond
the surface of me

The Riddles unfold
I hear
Things not told

Connections are made
The Veils
All of them fade

Don't believe in coincidents
No Faith
No incidents

I learn I learn
The Why
Of things I earn

I loose I loose
The things
I would not choose

I know I know
That once
I let them go

Dreams are fulfilled
I feel
My sorrow stilled

I write I write
Untill
Deep in the Night
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Wow, where did that come from???

[Mey]

Beautifull Ima!!!

[Cradlehag]

Bride’s Bed

The air is too warm tonight, fingers feeling the increase,
the dilation of vessels stretched to infinity, throbbing
beneath the flesh, twinning, snake like in wonder.

You turn to me, eyes like blowlamps in the moth light,
wearing wraiths of a bonfire kindled in the blood that
will boil for its bargain. Woodsmoke a gentle garment
of the needing, giving hearth.

Isis follows us as we walk out across the stars, oh, we
have fallen a long way. Winding our steps like clichéd
notes in a heart tune of the ancient layers of clay and sand,
glass and rubble mingling beneath our trodden out shoe
bottoms, debris making love in the keening dark.

Homebound we turn at last, lest the magic breaks and all
be revealed, revelling in the cloudy cloak of a smoggy dawn,
smug with brightness. But still, the pyre of our hopes burns
a ragged dance of ecstasy, moving to the throb of an unexpected
drum, driving us onto the point of a needle, compassed forever
in night.

[Cradlehag]

Two Goshawks in a Tree

High up, out of reach
like spectral shadows
of the past, watching
as the sun rises
like an enemy;
waiting.

Within the skeletal arms
the sharp stab of an eye,
beak-driven gaze hard
across the watery horizon,

And there is love here,
held warm beneath
the cruel murder of claws,
whole hearted, gentle
as a feather’s breath.

[Saille-Panthera]

Silence

Ah, the sound of nothing

Sweet quiet...










Let all the noises from another day,
Flow down to mother earth


She replenishes me,
With the sound of silence...




Saille, March 28, 2005

[FallingLeaves]

Oh just wonderful Saille_W..........I feel refreshed with the silence of this work...bravo!

[Lizzy]

Two sides of a coin

Where will you go, he asked me
As I lay in the grass on my back
South, I answered while the sun shone upon my face
I miss you when you are gone he said
Always traveling from one to another place

It is what I do best, as you are well aware my friend
You do your job and I will do mine
This is how it was meant to be
And no matter where I am send
I will always think of you
Remember that at least we are free

Free to venture out into nature
And enjoy this beautiful sunshine
Hours of talking in each others company

This is a priceless treasure
And that is how we should treat it
As something wonderful, something pure

You will always be my guiding light
I think you probably always were
I’ve even come to enjoy the irony of it all
But our friendship will last forever
And we will meet again someday
Of this I am sure

[Ima]

Wow. beautiful Lizzie!

[Lizzy]

Thank you Ima, it belongs to a series of poetry 'Nothing is Forgotten'

[Beadmouse]

A poem for Beltane - Heartsong

Hear the song of my heart
it cries out to you!
Filling the daylight hours
and the night time silence.
It sings to the mountains and to the rivers,
to the rainbowed sky and the fertile earth.
My song fills the ears of the living.
The stones stir in their sleep at the sound.

All creatures of the earth pause
to hear my heart's voice calling.
Sister to the moon am I.
Daughter to the sun.
My laughter, counterpoint to the music
that fills my body.

Hear the song of my heart,
it cries out to you.
There is only one -
And I am his!

[Saille-Panthera]

Thanks FallingLeaves

Beautiful poem Beadmouse, and Lizzy, your's too!! So many beautiful poems here, and so little time to read... Working on that though

Love,
Saille

[Ki No Ronin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Being more into writing Triads of Wisdom instead of Poetry, I have never entered an Estieddfod Competition before, but recently, I registered onto a Druidistic Website called Druidspath.com and one of their members, Ancient Raven-San, invited me to co-write a Poem with him. After writing the Poem with Ancient Rave-San, I have decided to have a go entering it into the Beltane Eisteddfod Competition.


I call it: The Key to Nature

by: Ancient Raven-San (of druidspath.com) and Ki No Ronin

The Key is joined to the lock
The Inside is the Endless Cycles of Nature
Our Nature is joined to all Life
in Openness, Freedom and Light

Our Rooms are joined into a house
but Only Honour will make it a sound Structure
The Now is joined to all Time
as Intuition joins Mankind's Intent with the Goddess's Might

and Now is ever in the present
as Stars are joined to the night
And understanding joins one to another
Now is the Time for Worshipping
all Trees, Plants and Nature
ever under Sea, Earth and Sky



Domo Arigato Gozaimasu

Ki No Ronin and Ancient Raven-San

[Crow]

Very nice, Ki No Ronin-san, and also Ancient Raven-san. And I also extend you a hearty welcome and congratulations upon entering the competition!

[Mika]

Mellow wood
quiet water
sparkle of nature
lungs of the green
heart of the beasts.

But in the edge,
In the edge of the trees,
I have an unmistakably feeling
A distrustful taste
if I go out of myself.

Then it tastes bitter,
sounds creaky,
looks like burned,
smells rancid,
and I can’t get in touch with it.

‘Cause I’ve chosen to love this world,
to caress the land,
to feel the wood,
to let the flowers
and the children grow,
and I’ve chosen to be me
with the world.

The beasts have told me
I have to stay in the folliage,
So I can taste beauty,
I can listen to the Universe,
I can look to your soul,
and smell our roses.

Mika
PS: Sorry for incidental english mistakes..

[Karlo]

ahh well... Let's give it a try

Anam Cara

when the night falls
and the sun moves down
i wonder why
how it could be
that i met the
for in this world
and in this life
it is your smile that makes the light
you are my sun
you are my moon
I hope you'll light me
very soon

It's about a girl Which feels more like nature to me then nature itself. They call her Anam Cara.

[Lizzy]

Nice Karlo!

[McGloon]

the smell of Your perfume is on my
nostrils
Your fragrance enthralls me

i was overjoyed when i found the sweater that smelled of cigarettes and You
i couldn’t take one more day without Your presence it’s as if You were there
near me (or beside me)

the smell of Your perfume is on my
nostrils
Your fragrance enthralls me

ii

but now i am beginning to imagine it!(i think)
days without You is killing me i

i’m sure You’re doing just fine without
my i presence or my i fragrance i

[McGloon]

my new LOVE

after SHE left i didn’t feel numb SHE couldn’t realize that i
like HER for who SHE was. an insomniac who was never “in the mood”
when SHE was “in the mood” i was never around
(but someone else probably was…)

it was hard after SHE left because SHE was my first love
but the day that SHE told me her
ovaries hurt i knew i meant nothing to HER…

now that i have you i feel like i matter
SHE never tried to make time for “us” but you do

after you left i felt numb
(and that is how i knew i had found)
my new LOVE