{"id":19812,"date":"2019-01-01T01:10:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T06:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=20053"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:28:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:28:57","slug":"post-solstice-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/01\/01\/post-solstice-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Solstice Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\nThe\nlongest day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWas\nwild<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWas\nfun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWith\nnumber one<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMy\nprecious son<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWho\ncharms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAnd\nsmiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAnd\nplays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAnd\nwhiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAway\nthe day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThat\nstretches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nUntil\nthe very fabric<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nOf\ndusk is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nLike\nancient parchment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nOn\nwhich is scribed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nsecrets of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nuniverse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThen\nwaking post solstice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nRain\nand gloom and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFog\nand doom and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMundane\nmadness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMot,\nplug faulty,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nPurse\nempty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nChild\ngrumpy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBed\nlumpy; weak cup of tea…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nA\nheadache grows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAnd\nblows the beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nOut\nof mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBut\nstay, and pray;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhat\nis that stray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBeam\nof beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFalling\nthrough my curtain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nLugh’s\npromise: Balor’s gaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nA\nvow of brighter days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI\nsmile, and blues are fading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIn\nthe haze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright\n24th<\/sup> June 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image credit: This Photo<\/a> by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About\nthe Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mabh\nSavage<\/strong> is\na Pagan author, poet and musician, as well as a freelance journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\nis the author of <\/em>A\nModern Celt: Seeking the Ancestors<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\nand <\/em>Pagan\nPortals \u2013 Celtic Witchcraft: Modern Witchcraft Meets Celtic Ways<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nA Modern Celt: Seeking the Ancestors on Amazon<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n

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Pagan Portals – Celtic Witchcraft: Modern Witchcraft Meets Celtic Ways On Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The longest day Was wild Was fun With number one My precious son Who charms And smiles And plays And whiles Away the day That stretches Until the very fabric Of dusk is Thin Like ancient parchment On which is scribed The secrets of The universe Then waking post solstice: Rain and gloom and Fog and doom and Mundane madness Mot, plug faulty, Purse empty Child grumpy Bed lumpy; weak cup of tea… A headache grows And blows the beauty Out of mind But stay, and pray; What is that stray Beam of beauty Falling through my curtain? Lugh’s promise: Balor’s gaze. A vow of brighter days. I smile, and blues are fading In the haze. Copyright 24th June 2015 Image credit: This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA *** About the Author: Mabh Savage is a Pagan author, poet and musician, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of A Modern Celt: Seeking the Ancestors and Pagan Portals \u2013 Celtic Witchcraft: Modern Witchcraft Meets Celtic Ways. A Modern Celt: Seeking the Ancestors on Amazon Pagan Portals – Celtic Witchcraft: Modern Witchcraft Meets Celtic Ways On Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}