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Posted on December 20, 2013
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Holly. Another excerpt from A Modern Celt, posted last winter so appropriate both to the festive season and my Winter Wonder series. If you like the excerpt, my book is available in paperback or on Kindle at Amazon.
Category: history, mythology, observation, pagan, prose, seasons, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: Celtic, cu chullain, holly, pagan, Solstice, winter, yule
Posted on December 11, 2013
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Thanks to Oz Hardwick for today’s Winter Wonder submission, Ploughing the Dawn. Ploughing the Dawn Dawn comes late, the tread of frost heavy on hard ground. Steady steps stride through snow, shackle spirits to icy shafts, weigh the balance, take the weight, and… Continue Reading “Winter Wonder: Ploughing the Dawn”
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Posted on December 6, 2013
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Posted on December 5, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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Thank you to William West for this beautiful submission to the Winter Wonder series. You can find William at http://billonbike.blogspot.com Snow Scene You were magic When we first met And so was I I could see it in your eyes You flung your arms… Continue Reading “Winter Wonder: Snow Scene”
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Posted on December 4, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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Winter cries A broken sob Of rain and throbbing grey To wistful white A sorry sight A tear track trails And smiling fails As frost bites hard Each chew and chomp Enamel stomp Upon a tongue Of furry sludge A grisly grudge A snarling… Continue Reading “Cry of the Cailleach”
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Posted on December 2, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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Another bite of winter. If you want to submit an entry for my Winter Wonder series, please send your winter related prose, poetry or art via the form below. If you want to attach an item rather than write straight onto the form, please… Continue Reading “Winter Wonder: Win my book!”
Category: childhood, feedback, followers, observation, pagan, poetry, prose, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: A Modern Celt, art, author, book, celt, competition, contest, free book, mabh, magic, occult, pagan, poetry, prize, prose, savage, Solstice, submission, submissions, winter, writer, writing
Posted on November 29, 2013
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Big thanks to Leigh Laycock for submitting the first piece for my ‘Winter Wonders’ this year; a series of pieces intended to get us into the spirit of winter, Yule and the festive season. One Winter’s Night In the dead of night there came… Continue Reading “One Winter’s Night”
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Posted on November 11, 2013
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Ok I couldn’t resist. Joking aside though, we are definitely (in the Northern hemisphere) moving into the colder and darker time of the year. For those of us in England, it’s been a bit of a shock as the season has been between 4… Continue Reading “Winter is coming…”
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Posted on October 30, 2013
by Mabh Savage
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Samhain is now understood as the night that the veil is at its thinnest; where our ancestors may temporarily rejoin us, travelling from their abode in the Summerlands. The original meaning of Samhain was probably either ‘end of summer’ or ‘beginning of winter’, as… Continue Reading “Samhain approaching”
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Posted on October 28, 2013
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…Atlantis fell, and crumbled into the Ocean floor. All the power drained away, and the Dolphins realised they were free; no more working the generators, or counting the coins that were passed from fin to fin to ensure the power flowed, like the water… Continue Reading “When the Dolphins ran out of Electricity…”
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