Happy Halloween to those who celebrate.
Catechism for a Witch’s Child
knitted dishcloths - vintage Halloween postcard
Catechism for a Witch’s Child
When they ask to see your gods
your book of prayers
show them lines
drawn delicately with veins
on the underside of a bird’s wing
tell them you believe
in giant sycamores mottled
and stark against a winter sky
and in nights so frozen
stars crack open spilling
streams of molten ice to earth
and tell them how you drink
a holy wine of honeysuckle
on a warm spring day
and of the softness
of your mother who never taught you
death was life’s reward
but who believed in the earth
and the sun
and a million, million light years
of being
- J.L.Stanley
your book of prayers
show them lines
drawn delicately with veins
on the underside of a bird’s wing
tell them you believe
in giant sycamores mottled
and stark against a winter sky
and in nights so frozen
stars crack open spilling
streams of molten ice to earth
and tell them how you drink
a holy wine of honeysuckle
on a warm spring day
and of the softness
of your mother who never taught you
death was life’s reward
but who believed in the earth
and the sun
and a million, million light years
of being
- J.L.Stanley
Happy Halloween Darla! Love the dishcloths - brilliant colour!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween! I love the bright orange. Vintage Halloween decorations and pictures are a lot of fun, aren't they :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween to you Darla. Nice dishcloths. It's a great color! Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween! Love those orange dishcloths, and the way the Americans decorate for the season.
ReplyDeleteI'm a day late, so happy belated Halloween. I love that poem and the little girl postcard. Of course, those orange dishcloths are out of this world.
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