Mabh Savage
Words and the world passing by; how it sings to me; how I clamour back.
Tag: pagan
NaPoWriMo Day 20: A Living Wage
Sometimes work is Just a joy A total contrast To the day before There’s people I just love On my team And I really am So lucky Let me craft the foundation For my family life Yet serve a wider community With words and… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 20: A Living Wage”
NaPoWriMo Day 19: Rag Pile
I didn’t want to go straight back to work After the holiday So many memories Still waiting to be processed After a long day We sleep Our brains do Their filing cabinet thing What’s working memory What’s long term Well Not mine, not so… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 19: Rag Pile”
NaPoWriMo Day 18: Fog
Fog framed journey home Why does it look like walls Cutting us off From the moor From the night From the sight Of coming home Maybe we should be grateful Maybe not.
NaPoWriMo Day 17: Bravery
We went to the butterfly park I loved it, immediately entranced With Buddhist iconography “Don’t step on the butterflies,” The receptionist said With a totally straight face. I know you don’t like flying things But you came anyway And it was too much You… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 17: Bravery”
NaPoWriMo Day 16: Heavy
Ants. They show me ants Marching across the path Suddenly a way to connect With the one that avoids me We see an evicted queen Or perhaps one starting out alone “They usually die” I’m informed Mate, don’t I know it. We watch the… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 16: Heavy”
NaPoWriMo Day 10: The Curlew, She Calls Me
Nothing moves me more than their call Whooping joyfully over the tents Winding up over and over A perpetual toy helicopter Always on the verge of either Taking off or landing The beating wings so fierce So fast Then soaring effortlessly While their ghost… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 10: The Curlew, She Calls Me”
NaPoWriMo Day 8: A Naming
Image copyright Mabh Savage 2023. Image ID: Green grass and bright blue sky with a few small white clouds seen through the mesh window of a tent. We stood before the gods and named him Parents, sponsors, family, friends, and tribe They held him… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 8: A Naming”
NaPoWriMo Day 7: Finding Tribe
Image copyright Mabh Savage 2023. Image ID: Trees silhouetted against a starry night sky. We come together in the great field Some linked by blood Many not But all in joy And canvas And love of the fire We laugh and cry and hold… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 7: Finding Tribe”
NaPoWriMo Day 5: Salsa
Cailleach peering through the window
But get this tapping
Rhythm in the soul…
NaPoWriMo Day 4: Listing
Have you tried a notebook?
Have you tried keeping lists?
Have you tried a planner?
Mabh Savage 