tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669 (are we there yet?) kokopelle 2017-04-03T17:35:34Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669:494736 2015-02-02T04:03:15Z 2017-04-03T17:35:34Z contemplative public 0 February 1st is the Imbolc, a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring. It was originally a pagan festival associated with the goddess Brigid, patroness of poetry. The poem “Imbolc Request” is an invocation to Brigid for the qualities attributed to this benefactor of poets.<br /><br /><br />Imbolc Request<br />Bonus Poem for Day 032 - 20150202<br /><br />Brigid, patroness of poetry,<br />spin my words today,<br />on your day of feast.<br />Let them be my alter <br />at this halfway place between<br />coming even light and darkness deep.<br /><br />Brigid guide my words,<br />so they may be the seeds<br />of future works yet to be.<br />Mark them with crosses,<br />protect me from harm,<br />distract me from death's long arm.<br /><br />May my words be a candle<br />to light another one's sun.<br />Words to heal, tidings of change.<br />Plumb the wells of my words,<br />deep cisterns of my soul,<br />where your light finds its way.<br /><br />Blow the journeyman's pipe,<br />show way to my poetic phrase<br />through my soul's dark journey.<br />Comfort me on travels long<br />for there are seeds to distribute,<br />and there are poems to write.<br /><br />© 2015. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&ditemid=494736" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments