Samhain

Those resplendent stones  how they stand tall

the antiquity of emotion

It does just over rule

the reason for our ritual

the depiction of the scene

The narrative, the sky above

the grove of trees that lean

inwards,  its been dramatic

2021

robed up in  graphic detail

a realistic one

the light is  being sucked out

with fires lit,  the frosty air

Its The first day of  Winter

And the circle formed to share

winter wheat ground into flour

safely on this day

turf and wood secured for winter fires

All stored away

Resolute and spirited

the order and the guests

absorbing all that history

but that cold wind however tests

the hardy, and the less than hardy

we find our child within

lots of thermals lanterns glowing

Let the ritual begin

respect to the ancestors

we follow in their shoes

the coming together

the energy  brings clues

of previous persuasions

all comers stand in line

experience the energy

And on it all opine

give body to the reasons

an energy of  sorts
All this lockdown nonsense

played heavy on our thoughts

a cross quarter day

the Rollright Moles have been on the case

Turning over fresh green sods

At an alarming pace

With fellowship apparent

the history one feels

its in the coming together

how it all reveals

a significant discourse

and our willingness to be

believing and achieving

our place in history

Sparklers to the ready

a dram or two of mead

all that honey’d sweetness

helps us to succeed

the muse  the odes the stories

the thinning of the veil

remembering those who have passed

and are back to tell the tale

we know they  are there

they always are

many coming from afar