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Winter: The Crone (written with Rianne)
Imagine
You were a being
unsurpassed
urn
stillness falling
silk
given
to a ground
without lotus
ashen
serpent
enchantress
goblet
cosmic
vessel
crown
cauldron
crone
myriad mirror
ash from a minaret
kissing tundra wolf
my hands opening
into hearth fire
**
my hair has long since
traded vibrancy for
wisdom along my brow;
when they ask me for
the coddling of their youth,
I will nurture with
my stories instead,
the things I have learned -
they contain within
all the love that can be given
I am the essence moving
forward at such velocity,
with such ferocity -
I hold in my heart
all that I have ever truly gained;
I am what has been, is and
all that will be
of this single life, lived
in loving tandem
with the changing moon
I have entrusted the tales
of my existence
to my children; my legacy
belongs now to
my cheekbones, found
riding high and proud
in the faces
of my children’s children
winter will come calling,
the sun on my face
in exchange for
peace in my bones;
when she knocks,
as she does for us all,
I will let her in with gratitude
You were a being
unsurpassed
urn
stillness falling
silk
given
to a ground
without lotus
ashen
serpent
enchantress
goblet
cosmic
vessel
crown
cauldron
crone
myriad mirror
ash from a minaret
kissing tundra wolf
my hands opening
into hearth fire
**
my hair has long since
traded vibrancy for
wisdom along my brow;
when they ask me for
the coddling of their youth,
I will nurture with
my stories instead,
the things I have learned -
they contain within
all the love that can be given
I am the essence moving
forward at such velocity,
with such ferocity -
I hold in my heart
all that I have ever truly gained;
I am what has been, is and
all that will be
of this single life, lived
in loving tandem
with the changing moon
I have entrusted the tales
of my existence
to my children; my legacy
belongs now to
my cheekbones, found
riding high and proud
in the faces
of my children’s children
winter will come calling,
the sun on my face
in exchange for
peace in my bones;
when she knocks,
as she does for us all,
I will let her in with gratitude
Published 13th Feb 2023
Author's Note
The last of our Maiden, Mother, and crone series. It has been an absolute pleasure and honor to work with Rianne on this series. I hope you enjoy <3
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13th Feb 2023 3:34am
It's a beautiful way to close the trilogy, Rianne with her mystically charged imagery, holding that essence of the marriage of the celestial with the soul, and your intimately warm voice, shadows of time in the unfolding, presence of the lives and circumstances that crossed your orbits, how they changed you and you them.
You create magic together, the kind that reveals the root vibration from which we rise. Well and truly inspired, I think.
You create magic together, the kind that reveals the root vibration from which we rise. Well and truly inspired, I think.
13th Feb 2023 12:20pm
It was such a pleasure to write these three poems with Rianne; and to tune into another’s writing and allowing yourself to feel the flow before writing a response is such a unique and wonderful experience. I’ve enjoyed it very much. Thank you for your kind words!
13th Feb 2023 7:17am
Wow, that was brilliant, very different. A poem of two halves, complimenting each other seamlessly, I felt.
The change in styles is clever. The first half is clinical in it's brevity yet what a full image that is created.
The second half blending the magical mystical crone into a real existing person is satisfying.
You make me warm to Winter.
Eager to check out the previous two now!!
The change in styles is clever. The first half is clinical in it's brevity yet what a full image that is created.
The second half blending the magical mystical crone into a real existing person is satisfying.
You make me warm to Winter.
Eager to check out the previous two now!!
13th Feb 2023 12:21pm
13th Feb 2023 9:12am
Dear L and R,
This made me feel as though I’d been touched directly by a sun ray from heaven. It’s the closest I’ve felt to understanding why life is the way it is, ever. You both have achieved something quite extraordinary and beautiful. Standing ovation. H🌷
This made me feel as though I’d been touched directly by a sun ray from heaven. It’s the closest I’ve felt to understanding why life is the way it is, ever. You both have achieved something quite extraordinary and beautiful. Standing ovation. H🌷
13th Feb 2023 12:21pm
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18th Feb 2023 00:13am
It was an absolute pleasure to write this series with you and I am thankful to have had the opportunity! Thank you!
17th Feb 2023 6:37pm
Rianne, Luna,
You both have connected at another level and it shows in these beautiful pieces. It's pretty amazing how two different individuals can converge like one mind and delivery such stunning work.
Nicely done.
You both have connected at another level and it shows in these beautiful pieces. It's pretty amazing how two different individuals can converge like one mind and delivery such stunning work.
Nicely done.
18th Feb 2023 00:13am
18th Feb 2023 7:51am
Brings to mind many musicians whose words about nature seemed to soar into my brain.
20th Feb 2023 2:39am
Anonymous
20th Feb 2023 1:47am
I'm enchanted.
I must read the others!
Beautiful piece, well done, both of you.
I must read the others!
Beautiful piece, well done, both of you.
20th Feb 2023 2:39am
2nd Mar 2023 2:32am
How did I miss this one?! The beauty of it doesn't conceal the strength of it. It compliments it. Great collaboration, y'all. Very well done.
2nd Mar 2023 4:14am
