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Author Archives: Christine Irving
All Things Irish
A few years ago I made a trip to Ireland in the company of women, priestesses set on a pilgrimage to ancient sites of Irish Goddess history. During our pilgrims’ progress I found myself making a vow to the Irish … Continue reading
Posted in Archetype
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New Year’s eve
New Year’s Eve You can mold clay into a vessel; yet, it is its emptiness that makes it useful. ~Lao Tzu, Tao De Ching Already, dawn breaks earlier day lengthens, quickening to light as sun pulls in her tether, … Continue reading
What Matters to Mothers
Martin Jeffries, 13 Wild thing, raised to die runnin’ errands, runnin’numbers corner to corner, street to street run fast, fast, couldn’t outrun Mistah Death. Samuel DuBois Washington, 15 I knew the odds were bad─ worked overtime for years, sent … Continue reading
We See Dead People
Laura Bloomsbury posted in Poetics at the d’Verse Poets Pub asking us to describe a unidentified body found dead in a graveyard. We are challenged to : bring the deceased to life by letting them speak (first person) or … Continue reading
Going Prosey
It’s Prosery Monday at the d’Verse Poets Pub and Merril chose a line from Gwendolyn Brooks poem An Aspect of Love, Alive in the Ice and Fire: We goin different directionsdown the imperturbable street. The challenge is to write a … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, flash fiction, Gwendolyn Brooks, Merril D. Smith, Prosery
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Rain Dance
‘Rain’ is the prompt today posted at the d’Verse Poets Pub by Sarah Connor in Poetics Desert Song The heat was hot and the ground was dry But the air was full of sound ~Dewey Bunnell, “A Horse with No … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, dVerse, Myth, Poetry, Prayer, Ritual
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, rain, rain dance, Rattlesnake, Sarah Connor
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Slipped, the Dogs of War Go Howling
We slip from ignorance into denial, slipping rosy-colored glass before our eyes to stare into the sun in ardent search for light. Tears slip down our cheeks, we walk on blindly, ignoring each red flag, surprised when hell breaks loose … Continue reading
Posted in dVerse, Poetry, quadrille
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, Havoc, Linda lee Lyberg, quadrille
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Welcome Summer
Hanging on my studio walls are three collages dear to my heart. The triptych represents the three aspects of the Great Goddess, representing the three traditional phases of womanhood – maiden, mother, crone. It’s a fine thing for an artist to … Continue reading
Posted in Archetype, Art, Consciousness, dVerse, goddess, Herstory, Poetry, Psychology, Symbol, Women
Tagged crone, d'Verse Poets Pub, Great Goddess, Magdalene A.D., Maiden, Mary Grace Guevara, Mother, Rumi, Venus of Hohle Fels
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