I ... entered the poem of life, whose purpose is ... simply to witness the beauties of the world, to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')

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3 November 2015

Entering the House of Death


This wet Spring night
I cross the dark threshold
to meet with you –
a union more intense
than our Beltane revels.


A Jisei (death poem) which forms a companion piece to an earlier one, as well as marking a personal Pagan ritual.

Linked to The Tuesday Platform for 10 Nov. 2015 at 'imaginary garden with real toads'

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9 comments:

  1. Susan10 November 2015 at 06:56

    Intense--but together with the first one, marvelous, sad, expectant.

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  2. Carol Campbell12 November 2015 at 04:48

    Incredible!

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  3. Sherry Blue Sky12 November 2015 at 06:54

    Yes, together with the first, amazing.

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  4. Susie Clevenger12 November 2015 at 11:20

    Wow...what a powerful message held in both poems and then to combine them hits me straight in the heart.

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  5. kaykuala12 November 2015 at 12:18

    It worked itself into something dark and engaging!

    Hank

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  6. Ella12 November 2015 at 15:37

    You write with the enchantment of the moon!

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  7. Marian12 November 2015 at 21:43

    Lovely... revels? Reveals? I want you to revel in that ritual. ;)

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  8. Magaly Guerrero13 November 2015 at 00:53

    What a wonderfully peaceful chant, Rosemary! The thought of reuniting with those we've lost, and finding out that the bliss to come mirror past joys times three... Wonderful, indeed!

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  9. Jim13 November 2015 at 14:47

    The old time or the modern Beltane, Rosemsry.
    I see two possible settings for this. I will stop here. Intriguing, either venue.
    ..

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