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Brigid Poems

The Succubus

...
(A lone old male voice whispers to his loyal dog)

She came at midnight
Last night
You know


As the fireflies outside in our winter garden
Glowed

In a red dress of moving red lips that ...

Categories: brigid, grief,
Form: Rhyme

Brigid

...Brigid

You creep onto the land with consent
with tales of how the winters torment
Leaving you empty and cold and so unsure.
You begin to spread the seeds of joy so pure daffodils push up throug...

Categories: brigid, birth, song, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

The Orphan Train

...Four children had to tell mama and papa goodbye.
It was World War I. Would they ever see them again?
No one spoke of this, not wanting to alarm the little ones.
Janice was told to take care of her...

Categories: brigid, war,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

He Does Not Care Where

...Layla's face is a map of Ireland grandma McCormick says
or Scotland Shawn McDougall adds hopefully
Look at those freckles, they are irish insists Brigid
You can tell the difference between irish a...

Categories: brigid, love,
Form: Free verse

Brigid and Her Family Are Locked Out

...Brigid’s family has lost their house
she is six and does not understand
it is right there, where it always was
how could they have lost it?

they do not get to take anything
they are locked out...

Categories: brigid, life,
Form: Narrative

Snowdrops

...I found you on St Brigid's Day,
Your brave little heads had pushed through
To feel the cold crisp February air.
Standing tall and strong, determined.
White blossoms dancing,
Celebrating that Spr...

Categories: brigid, february, flower, nature, spring,
Form: Free verse

The Promise of Imbolc

...Brigid made a promise 
One February day
Spring's coming soon, 
I heard her say
Her lush scent,
Longed for, remembered
Came wafting through
First time since September
Salt air, wet dirt
Oh wi...

Categories: brigid, february, ireland, joy, seasons,
Form: Rhyme

Ireland - a Divided Island Part One

...born under the sea, an irresistible force
  two bodies reluctantly embrace, shunting, shifting, tectonic drifting
  alongside the southern Iapetus Ocean
  equatorial deep-time child of Laurentia a...

Categories: brigid, community, history, ireland, time,
Form: Narrative

St Brigids Well

...Still hallowed is the well, and so they pray,
offer: prayer cards, candles, and bitty photos
of children to come and those now unmade,
each woman rife with grief in longing’s throes.

The sound ...

Categories: brigid, children, spiritual, women,
Form: Sonnet

Femme Fatales

...When Mother Earth, Anu was young
the gods gifted her sisters;
Fair Brigid with the fiery hair,
blonde Boann of the waters.

Their bodies lay upon the globe
intertwined in rainbows
Brown skinne...

Categories: brigid, birth, mythology, woman,
Form: Ballad

Zeirgeist

...Zeitgeist - My 1960s - Liz Walsh

Kaftans, mini-skirts, Carnaby Street fashions.
Angel Delight, Hirondelle wine and that sheepskin rug.
"The price of round steak on a Saturday" while
Magdalen La...

Categories: brigid, nostalgiaheart, heart,
Form: I do not know?

Irish Mysticism

...Mystical harp's music
Glides passionately
Across the green, rocky land
Near Tara's halls where
Mysteries of the past
Are felt like ghosts
Hovering and protecting the land
Of St. Patrick and St...

Categories: brigid, history, music, mystery,
Form: Blank verse

A Tale of My Sisters

...With nimble imploring    
 
Of a tale found quite pretentious,
 
I found:
 
My sisters, my comrades,
 
Obtained skills some found offensive.
 
They roamed the hills of Scotland,
 
Burdene...

Categories: brigid, devotion, faith, history, life,
Form: I do not know?