Inspired by The Green Man

Portrait of a Lady in Winter: The Green Man’s Tale



And the winter-ladies’ graces

holding hands with certain silence

And mad soliloquies of sudden thunder break and roll, break and roll

Inevitability fades as she listens very closely

To this,

His spun-sugar fantasy

And if she only listens closely he will tell her everything.

Her sweet face smiles and she believes it all

And in its golden castle, her pocket-watch tick-tocks disdainfully

And waiting, ever-waiting as he tells his crazy tale

Again for the audience that is trapped inside his head.

The Green Man listens for the sound of music in an oak-leaf,

New-fallen to the ground,

And singing

Suddenly in the eldritch green witch-light of the coming storm,

He begins to laugh and laugh.


Author's Note: This poem was inspired by The Green Man, who visited me one lonely winter morning and woke me up to spring.  For my companion post to this piece, please see my guest blog post, "The Green Man: Cherishing the Wild Seed," soon to come on The Pagan Arts.

Deep in the Dark, Dark Woods at Night

Today I am isolating myself from everyone to scribble in my endless notebooks. I am a writer-never doubt it. There are times when I question this path, but I cannot leave it- and in truth, I have no wish to try. I don't think I ever chose it- was there ever a moment when I had a choice? Not that I recall- I simply always knew.



A silver lantern lights my way through the trees. I am looking for a precious treasure hidden by moonilight. I wonder and wander beneath the moon. I smile wild with cold teeth and take a bite out of the sky. It tastes of ink.


Author's Notes: This is an excerpt from my book, "Stealing Plums."

The Pagan Arts Guest Blogs

I am working with Alane Brown, of The Pagan Arts, as a guest blogger. I will contribute blogs on topics relating to creativity, art, and spirituality. For more information on Pagan art, music, magick, and more, please visit her website at:
http://thepaganarts.com

An offering to the May Queen...

In hopes that you will bestow sunshine upon us!!!

Think Spring...

Signs that spring is near...

Green grass emerging from under the snow in my yard

Mud all over my boots when I walk the dog

New ideas blossoming and blooming

Rain instead of snow

I am currently working on a new novel, "The Road to Abomey," and doing some new work for "Stealing Plums" and "The Raven Queen." As the birds return from their southerly migration, it seems that some old stories have come home to roost, as well. "Stealing Plums" is a project I have been working on for years. In the past few weeks, I have added over 100 new pages to this book, and am very proud of myself. My goal this year is to find an agent for this novel and get it on the shelves! To that end, I'm trying to put in an hour of editing/writing on this novel every day. It feels good to be looking at the end of a long, cold winter and moving into spring.

What's blooming in YOUR creative garden?

Happy New Year!!!

Where did 2009 go? Seems like I was sucked into a holiday whirlwind right before Halloween, and am only just now emerging, battered and broken but triumphant. I have survived another holiday season! Days are getting longer, and I'm grateful for the snow-and-sunshine perfect Durango weather. I can't believe it's been so long since my last post...
Or maybe I can. It's been a wild winter so far. In September, we moved into a lovely little house. In October, I participated in the Ferocious Feelings art show. In November, I lost my job -and we moved again. I also found a new and better job, wrote 95,000+ words of a novel, and participated in National Novel Writing Month. We hosted a roll-your-own sushi party for Thanksgiving- our first party in the new house. It was a lot of fun, and we'll be doing it again soon! In December I finished my Nano Novel just a few days before Christmas-yay!- and started work on a new story I'd put aside during nanomadness. I disappeared into a word-vortex, and am only now stepping back into real time. It's good to be home! More updates soon... for now, I'm heading back to my studio for a little writing session.
Happy New Year!