Things and Gods

The bed lamp, pill jar, sheets, and the gods.
The I-beam, scrapyard, bricks, and the gods.
The drawstring, tongue flap, boots, and the gods.
The runway, wind sock, wings, and the gods.

The clothespin, camisole, briefs, and the gods.
The wash cloth, soap tub, bleach, and the gods.
The tea spoon, cheesecloth, sink, and the gods.
The stove-top ( Read more... )

There is no such thing as happiness
Except right here
Despite whatever sediment encrusts it
It is right here
It is right here

Wine for Dionysos

As icelets beat my ears
and prick my cheeks,
the candle fire of Hestia
bobs within a glass cup,
laying its yellow hands on the offering
of wine for Dionysos,
three dark bottles in the snow.

With a palm-full of barley,
and raising toward the snowy altar-mound,
my hands begin a prayer,
my lips follow;
I speak to that warm god
that pulses in ( Read more... )

Responsibility

The hearth is nothing,
The fire is nothing,
The altar is nothing,
The oath is nothing,

The grain is nothing,
The wine is nothing,
The images are nothing,
The mysteries are nothing,

The libation is nothing,
The feast is nothing,
The sacrifice is nothing,
The prayer is nothing,

The heroes are nothing,
The legends are nothing,
The myths are nothing,
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From the Iliad, books 1-12

Divine name(s)

Epithets of character, attributes

Epithets of place, spatial locators

Reminder of god’s deeds

Reminder of speaker’s deeds

Petition

Vow

Formal or semi-formal phrases

Explanation of feelings, situation, personal reflections, internal monologue

Quoted Prayers

Chryses, priest of Apollo, ( Read more... )

(Just realized I can copy and paste and the links will still work!)

I have a hefty deposit of material at The Witches' Voice web site.  Many of them reflect a side to me that is less ADF and more general Pagan.

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There's an Erisian Haiku Contest over at Plutonica.net.   Here's what I pulled out of the vault...

5 Disconnected Haiku Connect for Eris

A hounded beetle
Dashes madly for the wall
Almost, almost, al

Between the cushions
Of my couch, someone’s wallet…
Who is Edmund Burke?

A fastidious hound
Carefully choosing the spot
Pisses on roses

As the priestess ( Read more... )

I just found these beautiful poems by J.L. Stanley:

Songs for Dionysos

Ecstasy

Make me dance
shake me from this dream,
awake me to wonder
make me sing.
Sway me to dark forests
make me wild and unknown,
pray me down into earth,
for I am bereft and alone.
I call your name
begging you to rise,
I call your love,
I surge, spin, tumble
into the wave, I surrender
to the ( Read more... )

Here's a delightful poem I just found on the ADF web site.  It's to help kids remember the nine virtues.

Nine Virtues

Your first virtue, little one, is to be

Warm and open -- that’s hospitality

Moderation means neither all nor nothing be.

And a creative person demonstrates fertility.

The middle three virtues I shall tell you here:

don't give up, ( Read more... )