Poetry for the
Wheel of the Year
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Ohio Summer

Samhain

 

Ohio Summer The air hangs hot and heavy overhead. As I move thru' muggy molecules Form melts like Oz's Western Witch; Not Dorothy-doused, but weather-worn. Great and Powerful Humidity Rules! I sweat and flush at fever pitch; My nerves are frayed and torn. Clothing clings to curves of back and thighs- Cleverly creating near-nudeness by their drape. (I guess I'd stay indoors if I were wise!) The air hangs hot and heavy overhead. Moist smears line vinyl benches, Marking booths where we have been Consuming cool, crisp salads in a darkened room. (Will weariness and weather win, And Consumer be Consumed?) We now return to work-day trenches. Blasts of air blow hotly in As double doors wing back, Blazing, radiating from sun-lit well-worn track: From sizzling concrete sidewalks,        pitchy, paving, baked red bricks. The air hangs hot and heavy overhead. "Dog Days" lack delight - yes even for the dogs! They're prone, panting on a patch       of paw-scratched earth, Still as statues, logy as logs, Moving only for the fly, Who merits tail-twitches and ear-flicks. Collecting fleas and ticks, Or barking brief "Bewares" to passers-by: - No energy for anger, nor true mirth. The air hangs hot and heavy overhead.   © 1993 Silverwind

 

Samhain Samhain's chill, the autumn bonfire Goddess calling, come to me. Hecate in gleaming moonfire is the shadow I can see.   Harvest time, the golden pumpkin gleaming when the lights are low. One last night of celebration fore the wintry chill wind blows.   Horned God, the Stag of Darkness, Kernunnos shall reign tonight. Underworld, the land of passage, where the mortal soul takes flight.   Now the hidden veil between the shadowed realm and here grows thin. Let us say farewell to those that through the year have gone with Him.   Samhain's chill, the God and Goddess bring us laughter and a smile. Guide us through the land of living pleased to stay a little while. © 1992 Sabrae

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