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I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you? How to Read the Tarot Begin by brewing a cup of tea, a nervine, lemon balm or chamomile, this is after all, your future. A reading at the dark of the moon is best, before the night creatures crawl and bad humours fill the air. Pick a circular deck, with a fairy-tale motif, and no reversals. Hold a question in your heart, shuffle the cards and place them on the table. Choose only two. Like the ancient Israelites, these are your seer stones, Urim and Thumimm, black and white, yes or no. Isn't that all you were asking? |
Sofkee Spoon My wooden sofkee spoon tells tales, a homespun gest. Adventures of soup, stew, porridge and casseroles. Author's Note: In Seminole and Miccosukee culture sofkee is a traditional porridge/gruel always kept simmering in a large pot. It is served with a long-handled wooden sofkee spoon. The Cook's Tarot--6 of Wands--Be humble in victory. You had help. |
Mary, Mother of All I was an unwed mother, refugee, brown skinned Jew. The ancient Church Fathers crowned me Queen of Heaven. Form: tapa Tarot of the Crone--Two of Cups--Desire--I hear Her voice in my blood. |
Skyward My wings are made of rainbows. I soar above dun colored mud fields of virus, of politics avoiding conflict's sting. I delight in wind, rain, stars, and clouds. I leave, in my wake colorful contrails. 9 lines for:
Children Tarot--XIX--Happiness--A far off and beautiful land. |
Lodestar My lodestar is small acts of kindness navigating a path of scattered poems brought by wind storms. 24 syllables Pholarchos Tarot--4 of Wings--Be still as fragment swirl around you. |
Foreplay He said, "Your aura is cesious". I whispered, "It smells like rain in blue grey skies dark enough to sin by." 24 syllables Manara Erotic Tarot--8of Earth--Unique gift, communication, dedication |
Progress Twenty years ago talking heads heralded a paradigm shift. Today, we know it went backwards. 24 syllables Pholarchos Tarot--Wheel of Fortune--Throw the dice, the runes, the I Ching coins. They all speak of this rising and this falling.... |
Storefront All prayers ring true in a store front church. The pews littered with homeless absent society's glue. The vanquished still bleed, sorrow piercing their hearts. Form; Trivani Unnamed Tarot--9 of Swords--Cruelty--Fear and anguish of the future. |
Granny Scattergood Granny Scattergood pulled on her gardening boots painted with butterflies and her 1930's vintage bib apron embroidered with butterflies and headed out to the small garden plot beside her small house. She had planted both native and non-native varieties guaranteed to attract the pollinators. The pollinators did come but there had been an additional bonus; Flower fairies! Granny had seen the fairies regularly as a child but not recently. Perhaps the disaster of Covid-19 had called them back again. The night was heavy and humid, typical for an August night in Naples, Florida. Her garden was lit from street and door lights and the glow of August's full Green Corn moon. This month's moon was in the sign of Aquarius, the sign ruling peace, love, harmony. "May it be so," Granny muttered. Her purpose tonight was to call the fairies of her garden plants, and to dedicate each plant to a grandchild and bestow the gifts of the plant to each child, just like the Good Fairies of Sleeping Beauty. "It's how I will bless this shattered world", she thought. She called each fairy in turn. First the milkweed fairy for Kyler, the oldest. This fairy's wings are made of tears, the holy tears shed from happiness. For Kyler the gift of tenderness, not to be lost as he grows to maturity. For Annabella, the bridal veil fairy, with wings made of moonlight so that all her creative dreams might come true. Alliana's gift is from the sunflower fairy,with wings made of sunflower petals. Alliana is tall and lithe and may her face be always turned to the sun. Jase's fairy is the tropical sage fairy whose wings are made of sage smoke. Smudging with sage clears all negativity, and for Jase may positivity be always with him. Malachi's fairy is the passionflower fairy with wings of malachite dust. May he be gifted with unbridled passion to pursue all that he loves. Chadrick's fairies are multiple. They are the multicolor fairies of the bougainvillea, with those neon colors that shimmer in thunderstorms. Their wings are made of laughter. Their wish is for Chaddy to carry the gift of laughter always with him. Miss Treasure, of the red hair, her fairy is the red hibiscus fairy, with wings made of treasure maps. May she always be seeking the treasure within her soul. And for the youngest, Xylas, the oleander fairy with wings made of mischief. For a child should always grow to an adult who knows good mischief. And for herself and all the grandmothers, Granny Scattergood calls the Lady of Guadalupe rose fairy with wings made of mycelium.. May all the ancient knowledge be transmitted through the world. Her intentions finished she turned to go but left gifts for the fairies and the earth devas, dark beer, Skittles, and shiny bits of jewelry. The Herbcrafter's Tarot: 6 of Earth--Pine--Recognize the bounty in your life |
Granny Scattergood I am a scattergood embellished with riches of love, prayers, and kindness wings made of roses 24 syllables Pholarchos Tarot--3--Empress--My heart is a conference of a thousand wild roses. |