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I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you? *Heart*


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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?

the golden mean

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December 4, 2023 at 11:51am
December 4, 2023 at 11:51am
#1060525
Kitten

Cats are edgy
flows of smoke
and fluid becomings.
Catholic cat lady St. Gertrude
waits in eternity
for her messiah.
Mine, is here at home
with softly kneading paws
a fuzzy body of thrumming purrs.
This picture of contentment
is a kitten with a message,
"Just now, just now, meow."


12 lines

Prompt: cat

Pholarchos Tarot---Queen of Spirals--Give in to pleasure.
November 28, 2023 at 7:43am
November 28, 2023 at 7:43am
#1060246
Art

SunTzu wrote "The Art of War".
There is no art in war
no dark beauty
in ashes of olive trees
no gifts in debris.
The blood of innocents
floods the streets.
Survivors fashion coffins
of boxes.
Houses simmer with the secrets
of smoldering hate.
Mothers raise their arms
to heaven
and chant an ancient refrain:
Make art, not war.

Prompt: Art

15 lines

Dark Goddess Tarot--XVI--Kali--Destruction
November 18, 2023 at 8:59am
November 18, 2023 at 8:59am
#1059682
Mirror

I pray
when you look in the mirror
you do not see
only your political party.
When I look in the mirror
I see God, and She is
black, white, brown
not and/or, but and/and
queer, hetero, asexual
handicapped, whole
addicted, newly sober
Republican (god forbid), progressive.
When I look in the mirror
I see God
and I am not lonely.

15 lines

Prompt: mirror

Pholarchos Tarot--19--the Sun--In the inner heart lies the gold.
November 15, 2023 at 9:35am
November 15, 2023 at 9:35am
#1059519
At Seventy-Two

I have no further goals I wish to achieve,
at sea-level I am aging more slowly.
This is not like nihilism I believe
but a veneration of all things lowly.
Trapped in this aging body I will not grieve
and celebrate my life for it is holy.
Sonatas I'll play till all tears be released,
salt waters untrap our feared, loathsome beasts.
Corals, stars, flowers coming to fruition,
I have escaped by my death of ambition.
I believe dreams do love us to completion.

Form: Eleventh Power

11 lines


Pholarchos Tarot--5 of Coral--a gift of water

November 10, 2023 at 6:37pm
November 10, 2023 at 6:37pm
#1059273
November 9, 2023


Crescent moon
hangs in pale dawn light
a ghost orchid in the swamp
unattainable by mere mortals
silver against an inky sky


Form: Sedlak
November 8, 2023 at 7:38am
November 8, 2023 at 7:38am
#1059138
Peace

Of course I want world peace
But I mostly pray for personal peace
for my soul, my family, my friends.
I build my altars
to the Old Gold Woman,
Madonna of the Flowers,
Kwan Yin, Durga, Mother Earth.
Here every molecule spins ecstasy
and every fugitive desire bears fruit,
and we know the better angels of our being.
Here, our hearts are a confluence
of a thousand wild roses.


12 lines


Pholarchos Tarot---3--Empress----ecology not theology

October 30, 2023 at 10:49am
October 30, 2023 at 10:49am
#1058301
Rot

I am not the walrus
but I am the pumpkin
left to rot in the ground.
Perhaps the maggots will come
to devour and eat me
creating good compost.
Perhaps my seeds will sprout
and become volunteers
to make magickal pies.
Finally, this seeker
will resonate with earth
and become a relic.

The Herbal Tarot--8 of Swords---Black Cohosh---Wait and trust.


Prompt:: Pumpkin

Form---a hafnium--periodic element 72---my poem contains 12 lines of 6 syllables =72 syllables. I created this form for my 72nd birthday tomorrow.






 
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October 23, 2023 at 6:49pm
October 23, 2023 at 6:49pm
#1057944
Alleyways

I grew up in a row house
with alleys in the backyards connecting houses
We used the alleyways for hide n seek,
they were always full of children's laughter.
They have alleys in Palestine,
do the children still play hide n seek?
Does the bougainvillea still climb to the sky,
are all the alleyways char and ash?
In Gaza do the veiled women gather
in alleyways to keen and grieve?
Are their cries muffled
by the sounds of war?
Is the only noise in the alleyway
silence?

14 lines


Haindl Tarot--16--The Tower--Death and destruction



October 18, 2023 at 2:58pm
October 18, 2023 at 2:58pm
#1057629
Ecology not Theology

I woke up happy for no reason today
sensing the eye of every species on me.
Embraced by a community of beings
our dialogue expands, deepens, nourishes.
I hold space for forest, leaf, fox, bear, eagle
and take plants to my brow, they speak in pictures.
There is a place for every language but mine.
Mushrooms deliquesce to black inky liquid
as galaxies implode, arise, and shapeshift.
Something lurks beyond grammar, beyond logic.
My dreams are happy for no reason tonight.


11 lines
form: Hendecasyllabic


Pholarchos Tarot--20 Judgement--ecology not theology
October 18, 2023 at 8:54am
October 18, 2023 at 8:54am
#1057615
Legacy


Real witches always live at the edge of town,
my great great Granny had written down
for the non magickal you must confound.
You must always have chocolate around
for it shall erase anyone's frown.
Keep a kitty, orange, black and brown
one that speaks to you without a sound.
When you bake muffins, add spices you've ground
and you will become a witch of renown.
Great Grammy Jo's spirit is now unbound.
In non-ordinary reality she wears a crown.

11 lines
Form: monorhyme
prompt words: chocolate, kitty, muffin

Haindel Tarot--Mother of Cups---Reconnect to your matriarchal line.

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