Have We Remembered

Have we remembered the Cross quarter festivals
As Imbolc past  
The threshold of spring  
Bright and sunny was ill omened  
Cloudy and dark bode well  
And presaged soon planting  
  
Did we step out of the world and into the present  
To honor the conjunction of place and time  
The blackthorns of Cailleach are blooming  
The lambing time's come    
And the milking of ewes  
Make preparations for sowing  
Before the calving begins  
   
Have twigs of rowen been placed  
In barns and above doorways  
The light of the year is entered  
Washed we hands and feet  
And not least the head  
Tis the time of rebirth  
   
Is our spring cleaning done  
Have we remembered to walk sunwise 'round the holy wells  
With heartfelt prayers for healing  
Or made offerings of milk and porridge  
To earth and to sea  
   
The wheel of the year is turning  
Were the lamps trimmed and lit  
Were the bonfires burning  
The flames of Kildare have gone out  
To the goddess appropriated  
Brigid  
She of milk and flame  
Midwives and healers  
The muse of poets  
Tis the time of the maiden