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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

September 15, 2024 at 4:02pm
September 15, 2024 at 4:02pm
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Strange Loops

On a rainy day
I cannot see
the sun or stars
though they are there
in Grandmother Spider's web.
I am enmeshed
in this dance of creation
of strange spiral loops
with no end, no beginning.
I am witness
to this tidy prison.
But there is freedom
and there is love.

13 lines
prompt: a rainy day

Dark Goddess Tarot--Stars--Spider Woman--sense the pattern that exists behind the senses


September 11, 2024 at 11:29am
September 11, 2024 at 11:29am
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White Pumpkins

A dumb supper
for Samhain, my birthday.
Black tablecloths, white pumpkins
a river of sorrows
in my kitchen.
I invite my friends
that passed this year.
In the silence
I may hear then whisper,
"We are not gone,
just away."
"It is not cruel to say,
we will meet again,
as dust on white pumpkins."

14 lines
Prompt: white pumpkins

The Cook's Tarot--20--Judgement---move forward into a state of grace
September 4, 2024 at 10:33am
September 4, 2024 at 10:33am
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Happy Birthday writing.com

Writing.com called me
and I answered
with story and poem,
heartache and bliss,
thunder and memory,
and leaping nano particles.
Happy Birthday to all the beings here.
My arms cradle you,
my breath whispers
prayers of grace to you.
That is how we roll
in writing.com world.

12 lines

prompt: poem for writing.com birthday

The Cook's Tarot---6 of Cups-"-Poetry and Hums aren't things you get, they're things which get you."----Winnie the Pooh
September 1, 2024 at 11:26am
September 1, 2024 at 11:26am
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taking up space on the mothership


I love my face in the morning
no teeth, bed head, the day dawning.
Just a baby-faced naked clown,
I refuse to put myself down.
Crow's feet, double chin, smile and frown lines I embrace.
You just see an old, old woman, I love my face.


I love my body at nighttime,
uncoiled tension, full recline.
What dreams may come I do not know.
Ghosts, phantasms, nightmares come , go..
I am an ecotone, a swamp witch, swamp molly.
Flaccid arms, flabby belly, I love my body.


12 lines
Form and prompt: wrapped refrain

Pholarchos Tarot--6 of Spirals--there is space in the heart to hold all things


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