Poetry
by Arethinn
Assorted poems with mythic themes that I've written over the years.
Drink the Moon's Luck
The hoot of the owl we'll follow with care
Jack o' Green, Will o' Wisp, Robin and Puck
She'll lead us a goat-path no mortal should dare:
Come, off to the woodland to drink the moon's luck!
The tracks of Tod-Low'ry shall show us the way
Jack o' Green, Will o' Wisp, Robin and Puck
To glades which are hidden in harsh light of day:
Come, off to the woodland to drink the moon's luck!
We'll rade on the ridge at the top of the hill
Jack o' Green, Will o' Wisp, Robin and Puck
And humans shall find the wind suddenly chill:
Come, off to the woodland to drink the moon's luck!
Singing fey music from moonrise 'til dawn
Jack o' Green, Will o' Wisp, Robin and Puck
And as sudden we came, we'll sudden be gone:
Come, off to the woodland to drink the moon's luck!
We'll steal through the forest, which often at night
Jack o' Green, Will o' Wisp, Robin and Puck
Holds many a wonder for fairy delight:
Come, off to the woodland to drink the moon's luck!
The meadow-brook's waters to touch and to taste
Jack o' Green, Will o' Wisp, Robin and Puck,
With twilight upon us I bid ye make haste!
Come ye, o follow, to drink the moon's luck!
Fae
forest deep, redwood's height
river swift, stars bright
lights glow, colour spins
flame leaps, dance begins
hands clasp, voice sings
fingers pluck harp strings
majik flows, majik flies
moon's light, laughter, sighs
couples, then, ancient dance
sacred cauldron, bleeding lance
faery majik flowing far
living dreams; dreams are
The Tree of Stars
ah the blue-green stars of the heavens
under the under the under the
tree-tree-heaven-tree
grown in the lake of the shore of wonder
rippling shimmerlight starlight waves
branches of stars fractal leaves all of stars
withies stellar weeping down upon the galaxy below
the place from which it grows
a leafy shingle rooftree touching stars and stars for leaves
channel tunnel trunk and bits of fate are falling cards
and stars in turning autumn
the tree between the stars the galactic swirl
the faerie ferry up and down
and home again and back and both within
a rooftree stars the open sky a roof
the chimneyhole moon that lets the light go back and forth between
a portal closest knothole in a treetrunk
crossing branches ring-gate formed
and crossing branches to cross to other branches
where the clustered stars hag heavy
like fruit with rain in falling autumn
starpearl cluster pick and carry travel ferry faerie
flying treetop silent web
interclinging roots of starpaths
ascent to under over branch of leaflink star
the ripples in the lake
to climb the tree to everywhere
slanting blue and violet and ultra colours
infraultra brilliant blackness silver blood
the rays of seven seventeen
the piercing out from eyes and radiant halo spotlight mirrored
tattooed in filament upon the void and air just lines and patterns
ultrainfracolours colours colours
underground and shining stars and stone
strength of starstone over high
and living tree of stars a wooden stone
the pillared circle not so round of spiral gesture
arching random webs across the forest of the clusters
the prism rainbow just one star refracted caught in its own web
all are the single source of the reflections reflections reflections
the everywhere star-tree
insect tunnels travelling through
this side that side up and down
tunnels you through and branches you on
tunnels formed reverse solid not hollow
nebula roots in gentle rippling galaxy-pond
the grainsand stars like swans and dust
We Will Never Lose Our Way
(Song, to the tune of the first verse of the Pagan song of the same name - link to Soundcloud)
A B C'# A A B C'# A
We will nev - er, we will nev - er,
A B C'# B A B A F# A F#
nev - er lose o - ur way through the Ve - il
B C'# B A A
To the Fae - ry lands
A B C'# A A B C'# A
And the pow - er, and the pow - er
A B C'# B A B B A F# A F#
of the Faer-y-y maj - ik, it will ri - ise
B C'# B A A A
It will ri-ise a - gain!
Last updated: 8/07/2021