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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? |
Serendipity-- Two volumes arrived yesterday Book of our Divine Mother MariaTheos. Thick and spiral-bound they were offered gratis. MariaTheos I fall into mystery answer my prayer Nikki Giovanni died yesterday. Feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. She wrote that no one ever says what they mean. How can we know our heart's true desire? I am skeptical of channeling, but heard a strong feminine voice. I asked for guidance She answered with one word, "Stay" and thus, I abide. Form: Haibun, 14 lines Prompt: Serendipity Mother Mary Oracle--Our Lady of Answered Prayers |
Thankful I am no longer a woman of the 24-hour news cycle but becoming a being of the long sacred story. In our shattered world, in a body deranged by genocidal technostates there are shifts and waves safe caves. It is there in your bones and skin, a place where your ancestors live. Come, be a wide-eyed wanderer. 12 lines prompt: Thankfulness The HerbCrafter's Tarot--6 of Earth--Pine--Recognize the bounty in your life. |
Thanksgiving 2024 Like carbon and gravity the sun behind an eclipse we are an eternity not a momentary blip 4 lines Prompt: A Tanaga rhyme scheme: ABAB The HerbCrafter's Tarot--11-Justice--Cannabis--Stand on the side of truth and fight for what is right. |
Do Whales Pray? It was just a typo that read, "I have a rosary from Whales", I thanked her for spellcheck and tumbled down that rabbit hole. Whales wouldn't pray like us but with their songs clicking and whirring. Spiders dream, dolphins have accents. We are one teetering, entangled, endless thread dangling by prayer. Form--free verse 12 lines prompt: a thank you note The HerbCrafter's Tarot: Five of Air---White Sage--protect what is holy |
Armistice Day Today, ostensibly, we celebrate peace. But in a stunning word Recrudescense we are back to a Trumpian dystopia. No nuance here just the icy wind of autocracy. He is not colorful but bathed in blood and hate. Amerikka's first dictator, America's last president. 12 lines prompt: use the words stunning, nuance, colorful, last, first in a poem Pholarchos Tarot--16--The Tower--A trial by earth, air, fire, water. |
After the Election No blue wave yesterday, today is quiet chaos. I want to jump ship slither from my human skin rustle through the sawgrass walk on my belly become venomous. Everglades pythons suffer no anxiety. So here I lie wallowing in the mud grasping for the sky. 12 lines prompt: quiet chaos Dark Goddess Tarot--Hag of Earth--She Who Watches---Remember history, or more will be lost. |
Election Jitters The amygdala is a tiny brain part that controls fear, anxiety, loathing, emotions chained directly to our hearts. This election season with traumas floating the Constitution, freedom, dDemocracy has people of good faith worrying. Tricks, dirty deeds, and conspiracy theories multiply in the air, bad bacteria. My amygdala is overwrought, weary. I will cast a spell on my amygdala to dampen, tamp down, and quiet this drama. 11 lines prompt;:write a terza rima Dark Goddess Tarot--Seven of Fire--Durga--defend your rights and the rights of others |
Skippy I didn't set a place for you at my dumb supper on Samhain. I didn't put your favorite treats in your shiny bowl. My other beloved dead had their places of honor. But that night you bounded in anyway. I heard your scratching and felt your sighs. I should have known that out here on the fringes all our loved ones are sometimes, not human. Next year, bring the cat. 15 lines Prompt: a puppy in a ghost costume with a jack o lantern Dark Goddess Tarot--Maman Brigitte---Dance with your ancestors |
Joy You ask me why I go to the woods, I go to breathe with the trees. I look for signs but only find overwhelming joy. You ask me why I go to the garden. I go to whirl among the stones. I look for metamorphosis but only find unspeakable joy. 14 lines prompt: overwhelming joy Pholarchos Tarot--7 of Coral--Amongst heaps of curios, here is a choice dictated by your soul requirements. |
Marrow Bones are not hollow but filled with marrow. I scrub these beef bones and roast a shimmer of olive oil a glitter of sea salt then spoon the unctuous center unto crusty bread more oil, dipping spices a red wine that's still under the radar. The Barefoot Contessa has nothing on me. 13 lines prompt: a poem about a food you love The Cooks Tarot--9 of Pentacles--think about what makes you happy. |