Tag: poetry
Posted on February 5, 2019
by Mabh Savage
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I walk up to the gates And I tell them How much I have to offer How much I have to give But they don’t want to know They’ve seen it all before You don’t write better Sing better Fight better Than any we’ve… Continue Reading “Lugh’s Lesson”
Category: pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: Celtic, god, Lugh, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, samildanach, words, writing
Posted on January 7, 2019
by Mabh Savage
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Strange nostalgia for the sea Background smell Of coal dust and coziness While I walk on the beach Houses behind me Horizon ahead Beckoning.
Category: Nature, observation, poetry, seasons, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: coast, coastline, common gulls, east coast, gulls, homesickness, hornsea, nature photography, nostalgia, ocean, photography, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, sea, seaside, shore, shoreline, the sea, winter, yearning
Posted on December 16, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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The boy pulls my arm Look at this bubble! He cries, and sighs In delight. It sits, unharmed, on the rainy tarmac Wet and round and glossy A perfect hemisphere A ghostly fried egg imitator A final resting place With no predicted pop. It… Continue Reading “Lonely Bubble”
Category: childhood, mental health, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: bubbles, celebrations, childhood, christmas, fairs, festivals, loneliness, outdoors, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
Posted on December 14, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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Sometimes the tea is Heavy, dense; peculiar. Why did it go cold?
Posted on December 12, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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I’m frying things in butter Oil in cupboard, with the clutter Bottling rainwater from buckets Standing guard until it chucks it Down and how I check the weather Smell of air and pinch of leather Pine cone shrinking, mercury rising Direct sun and cloud… Continue Reading “Old Ways/New Ways”
Category: pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: Celtic, cooking, crystals, modern times, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, spirituality, writing
Posted on December 1, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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This poem was written for Sue Dudley, one of the winners of a competition during the Pagan Federation Beltane Online Festival. Sue was happy for me to share the poem that she inspired. I just never got around to it until now! I am… Continue Reading “The Path”
Category: Nature, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: Beltane, competition, nature, online festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, paganism, poetry, Wicca
Posted on October 21, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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This is the kind of stuff you get if you sign up to be a patron of mine via Patreon.
Category: pagan, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: autumn, haiku, Leeds, moon, night, outdoors, photography, poetry, post hill, waxing gibbous, yorkshire
Posted on September 16, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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If you have a spare three quid burning a hole in your pocket, why not come to Otley Courthouse next Saturday? I be performing some poetry, alongside many other poets, vying for the coveted OWF Press Spoken Poetry Prize!
Category: poetry, UncategorizedTags: Leeds, otley, OWF Press, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, prose, spoken word, Spoken Word Competition, writing, yorkshire
Posted on August 1, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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Will I have any corn to bring To place on the stone within the ring? Will I have flesh to cut and burn And place inside the bubbling urn? Will I have neeps and spuds and carrots To fill these wide and simmering pots?… Continue Reading “Samildánach”
Category: childhood, Nature, pagan, parenting, Uncategorized, writingTags: arts, autumn, Celtic, fall, family, harvest, lammas, Lúnasa, Lugh, Lughnasadh writing, nature, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, religion, samildanach, seasons, skills, spirituality, summer, Tailtiu, Tailtu, winter
Posted on July 24, 2018
by Mabh Savage
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The dog pant roar Of a hand saw DIY, oh why In this heat They must be mad Have they had Enough of dust And rust And just one more shelf Rollers in hand (not hair) And sleeves to there Or not at all… Continue Reading “DIY”
Category: poetry, seasons, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: British summer, DIY, heatwave, hot, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, summer, tools, weather, writing
