poetry

  • I sing now of the living God of Egypt Fair Apis, Strong Bull of His mother Beautiful Soul of Ptah High of horns, the virile Herald of the Nile’s flooding Who carries the sun-disk between His horns And bestows the strength to rule on the Pharaoh Gentle protector of children, But fierce defender of Egypt…

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  • A Hymn for the Vertumnalia

    I told you I tend to write these a little bit late. Anyway. ——— Lady of the Apple, Protector of Orchards and Gardens Fair ruddy-cheeked Pomona, I pray to You now She Who carries the pruning shears And Whose skirts are filled with gathered fruit May You always be welcome in my home and on…

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  • Of Creation

    Creation is a bloody process “Civilized” people often forget That the only reason we can even sit in our clean and sanitized halls And Bragi can sing His songs and put pen to paper Is because Odin carved up Ymir long ago And crafted something beautiful From the bloody ruin. A world built from a…

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  • awful aspiring aesir crazy curious cunning devious dangerous dark frantic furious frenzy glowering gallows god haunted hanged hunter mad murderous magician possessed poetic prophet ravenous raving ruler: wild wandering warrior

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  • Anubis Anpu Yunipu By every name that You have been called I hail You As Your sharp eyes can pierce the deepest blackness May I see what You see As Your keen ears detect the subtlest vibration May I hear what You hear As Your nose picks up the faintest scent May all my scents…

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  • Wild God Wandering God Wolf-God   Odin Keeper of Valhalla Leader of the Valkyries General of the Einharjar   Wild God Wandering God Wolf-God   Odin All-father King of Gods and Men Master of Asgard   Wild God Wandering God Wolf-God   Odin Wise One Great-in-Knowledge Forever Seeking   Wild God Wandering God Wolf-God  …

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  • This past year has been a hard one And many ties to my past were severed The scars my mother gave me were not enough, it seems I suffered more wounds at my father’s hands A sickness grew in his mind, so black and dark that my only option was to run. My life plays…

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  • Anubis Howls And the pack gathers Anubis Howls And specters scatter Anubis Howls And evil quakes Anubis Howls And my heart responds  

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  • GMC poetry: The Jackel

    The Jackal grins Showing teeth Yellow eyes glisten Taking in all they see Entrancing all who look into them   Lord of Death Lord of Life You are ……….Opener of the Way ……….Far-Walker ……….Master of the Necropolis Lord Jackal What do You see In me?

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  • GMC poetry: To Anubis

    I offer a prayer to the King of Night Attendant of Isis, haunter of graveyards Anubis, far-walker Your presence is heralded by the howling Of wild dogs in the distance Those lonely scavengers, Your children Furtive shadows dancing On the periphery of the Necropolis Eyes bright, ears peaked Ever alert, the hunters of the desert…

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