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Yearning for Yuletide *Exclusive Poem by Mabh Savage
Yearning for Yuletide *A poem from Mabh Savage written exclusively for PaganPagesOrg The kids want to skip the time away Get to Solstice quick! Get to the presents The food The merriment; Get to Solstice Eve boxes, Packed with blankets Hot chocolate Warmth and love Wrapped with tired hands But full hearts. Get to unwrapping Paper everywhere Ribbons dangling from trees Books and pens and music Crafting supplies and tokens For things we do for each other Yes, the kids yearn for Yuletide And so do I, but while I also love The presents The food The merriment; I long to run to the woods Stand at the crossroads…
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Turning to the Dark – An exclusive poem for PaganPagesOrg by Mabh Savage
Turn to the dark, my love, Shield your eyes from the dying sun’s glare Give me your weathered hands, here Thrust them into my darkening hair Stroke my locks, my love, Twine them in your fingers tight Now you may look, open up, Take your first step into the night. Walk with me, my love, Take each faltering step Seeks the stars, the moon, Find where the secrets are kept. Take a breath of this air, so chill, Watch the ghosts in your steaming sigh, Turn again, this way, up the hill, Let us strive toward the sky. Feel the heart of the cooling Earth Feel the thrum of…
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Abroad at Samhain
A New Samhain Poem by Mabh Savage Exclusive to PaganPagesOrg A halfway house Twixt autumn and winter Cold for us Frozen for others Yet warm and barely golden For some. So many different Samhains So many calls to the dead So many nods to ancestors Mentors Friends of fur and feather Or those family we chose For ourselves. Wherever in the world You celebrate the turn Towards darkness Remember turnips Painstakingly carved Apple peels thrown over shoulders Candles lit while looking in the mirror The butter and cream left out For those who come Perhaps uninvited But never spurned or mocked. Be safe Walk well Ward well Hold…