Elemental Sonnets

[Branbeith]

Sonnet to Earth

Feel the cool Earth under your feet
Make a connection with our Mother
Green and brown swirl and meet
Spread her love to one and other
Bull, Goat, and Virgin dance
To the song of the elusive elves
Hug a tree - take a chance
Open up to Her nurturing within ourselves
See pentacles when the card is turned
Be earthy but do not covet material things
So the lesson is internalized and learned
From Gaea’s tarot wisdom springs
Sapling to tree to rotting log replenishing Earth
Softly nourishing the sleeping seed with the promise of rebirth



Sonnet to Fire

The eternal spark was said to be flame
Replacing Chaos with wondrous life
So it was from blazing Fire that everything came
Within Creation Fire was rife
See the Archer hunt with the Lion and Ram
The bow is nocked with three rays
The Awen is creativity’s Dam
Internally, passion and inspiration ablaze!
The Red Jin touches the dragon tarot
The cards transform into wands
Only to be pierced by the three tipped arrow
And the bard’s pen finally responds
Fire’s triad is truly easy to see
With passion and inspiration magick flares within me



Sonnet to Air

Breathe the incense – expand the mind
Embrace the evanescent Air
Intellect and reason forever entwined
Seeking answers to myth and prayer
Twins and Water Bearer carry the Scales
To balance pundits and poets
For stark intelligence without emotional hues
Is like a diamond lacking facets
The faeries play with the oracle cards
Which transmute to swords in their tiny hands
While sharp wit is the ambrosia of bards
Fantasy’s sweet nectar makes many demands
Intellect is needed to change history to song
But bereft of emotions is intrinsically wrong




Sonnet to Water

Dive into the well to feel Water’s reviving embrace
Seek out the primordial wisdom of the Salmon
Roots of the World Tree create a sacred space
Bringing relief to ignorance’s strife and famine
Crab and Fish use the Scorpion’s sting
To paralyze benightedness and disease
Healing flows from the mystical spring
Therapeutic elixir for the seeker, Earth, and trees
The cards turn into Cups at the mermaids’ demand
To capture three drops from the Water
Ignoring an angry goddess’s firm command
They heal and teach the salmon’s daughter
That wisdom and healing are connected
Mind and body introspected

- Branbeith

[Underground River]

I love elemental stuff...awesome!
I'm tired so not really putting my thoughts down well. :lol: Lovely poems is what I am trying to say.
GreenDruid

[EarthWard]

Awensome!!!

[Ruthie]

Wonderful, Lovely, eloquent, full of spirit and meaning,
By George, I think she's got it!
Really nice job Branbeith, really nice.
Thanks.

[Guest]

They sound like dances, Branbeith - wonderfully done!

OakWyse

[mandahr]

Yeck, Ick, Barf - diseased rhinoceros pizzle.....

From Your Loving Husband

P.S. Anyone who takes me seriousely should try to get to know me better.

P.P.S. I really am her husband and her work is so good it scares me.

[Kat Lady]

Love them all!
Okay, I tolerate the water one... (no offense to the sonnet, just the element.)




p.s. notice I said tolerate and not "run away from"?? Who says you can't teach an old Kat new tricks?

[Kaya-Nita]

Very inspirational dearest i like this one very much!

[lupiana]

Lovely, and I love the tarot wove in!

[Caritas]

I agree with OakWyse - made me want to get up and dance!!

Lovely and I enjoyed the layers of meaning.

Blessings, Caritas

[Fae]

Thank you, that was inspiring..

[Robb Hawklord]

They are wonderful.


Hmmmm - bet you were in their element when you were writing it :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hawky

[Loosh]

It was a real pleasure to read this!

[Brigantiorum Jihana]

Ancient form of poetry written by a modern Druid! These were lovely and I'm sure the sonnet must be quite difficult to write. You have the done Justice to the Elements!

Regards,

Jihana

[Stohornugle]

Well done. I enjoyed them immensley.





Shapara