poetry
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Apis I sing now, Who brings the Nile Inundation Ptah’s beautiful soul incarnated Invincible warrior Who drives off Egypt’s enemies Solar disk in between His horns Begotten of a ray of light from heaven Unfettered vigor, raw strength, creative energy — Life embodied! This is what You are! Long may I offer You my worship,
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I hail holy Apis, the bull-formed God The fertile one, Whose throaty bellow heralds the spring’s awakening He Who brings all good things to the Two Lands Fierce and powerful, He drives off the invaders And gorges them on His horns Great Apis, soul of Ptah, You are solid and firm None may sway You
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I sing now of the Great Queen of Irkalla Goddess Who dwells in pregnant darkness Fearsome Queen Corpse Queen Ereshkigal of the razor eyes and inflamed heart Oft-forgotten sister of bright Inanna Fearsome Queen Corpse Queen Ereshkigal, Who rules in brilliant blackness In the howling abyss Where hungry spirits thirst for
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I sing now a hymn to Shri Ganesh Called also Ganapati, or One-Tusked Ekadanta The great elephant-headed God of India Who I have never honored before. Ever-Blissful, Son of Parvati, Remover of Obstacles and Lord of Good Fortune Gentle Ganesha hears all prayers directed His way, For He is the bridge that connects all the
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Guardian of His mother’s chamber Assistant in beginnings, remover of obstacles Noble and sweet, kindest and most forgiving Elephant-headed God of learning Shiva’s son, head of the celestial hosts Housed in the root chakra of every living thing Always popular is Ganesha
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This was written for Galina Krasskova’s contest for a poem for the Freyja prayer card. There’s still a couple of days left. If you want to send her your own entry, you have until Monday the 22nd. —— I hail now Freyja, brilliant daughter of Njord Lady of the Vanir, Who wears the falcon cloak Wandering Goddess
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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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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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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
Temple of Athena the Savior 