A child standing atop a dolmen

Between the Fires: verses of earth and moon

poems by Zephyra

Samhain

Poems written between Samhain and Yule (31 Oct – 20 Dec)

  • Sunset

    Sunset  Nearly full  moon But Pink and orange Yellows and red Grey and blue  That evening hue And the moon Like a balloon Or a giant shroom Feeling less a giant And more a tiny fluff ball Dwarfed by the sunset Screaming Look at me Mother Fucker Read more

  • November

    November skies are dull and grey Oh cast me back to the month of May When flowers bloomed and songbirds sang And joyful laughing in playgrounds rang Where skies were blue and mornings bright Where clouds were dappled in evening light Where crops were shooting, bursting high Where summers fun was getting nigh This month… Read more

  • Knot

    For a moment I was the last person on Earth Surrounded by beating wings Sound resonating through my body Mesmerising And I feel energised and utterly joyful This is natures ecstasy Norfolks treasure Read more

  • Tree

    I nestle under your canopy Feel comforted by your awe and majesty Hugging your roughness Feeling in wonder of your strength and consistency I remind myself That you started in the earth You pushed out and up You basked in the sun Bathed in the rain Slept through the winters Awoke each spring And grew… Read more

  • Autumn

    A bright morning moon Frost hugs the ground Trees mostly bare And mist lingers Birds barely singing A slow dawn Winter is coming I rustle through thousands of falling leaves Their autumn colours beneath my feet And I look up at the trees standing tall Who find it easy to let their leaves fall They… Read more

  • Samhain

    The air bright and crisp Sun warming and bright Blue sky with seldom cloud Like a perfect spring day But the Fungi disguising themselves as leaves Forming garlands around the trees The Autumn colours carpeting the beech wood floor Tell the story of another season Leaves rustle and fallen cobnuts crackle under my feet Birds… Read more