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How to Read the Tarot

Begin by brewing a cup of tea,
a nervine, lemon balm or chamomile,
this is after all, your future.
A reading at the dark of the moon is best,
before the night creatures crawl
and bad humours fill the air.
Pick a circular deck, with a fairy-tale motif,
and no reversals.
Hold a question in your heart,
shuffle the cards and place them on the table.
Choose only two.
Like the ancient Israelites,
these are your seer stones, Urim and Thumimm,
black and white, yes or no.
Isn't that all you were asking?

the golden mean

November 25, 2024 at 8:57am
November 25, 2024 at 8:57am
#1080467
Thanksgiving 2024

Like carbon and gravity
the sun behind an eclipse
we are an eternity
not a momentary blip

4 lines
Prompt: A Tanaga
rhyme scheme: ABAB


The HerbCrafter's Tarot--11-Justice--Cannabis--Stand on the side of truth and fight for what is right.
November 22, 2024 at 10:06am
November 22, 2024 at 10:06am
#1080333
Do Whales Pray?

It was just a typo that read,
"I have a rosary from Whales",
I thanked her for spellcheck
and tumbled down that rabbit hole.
Whales wouldn't pray like us
but with their songs
clicking and whirring.
Spiders dream, dolphins have accents.
We are one teetering, entangled,
endless thread
dangling
by prayer.


Form--free verse

12 lines
prompt: a thank you note

The HerbCrafter's Tarot: Five of Air---White Sage--protect what is holy
November 11, 2024 at 10:53am
November 11, 2024 at 10:53am
#1079808
Armistice Day

Today, ostensibly, we celebrate peace.
But in a stunning word
Recrudescense
we are back
to a Trumpian dystopia.
No nuance here
just the icy wind
of autocracy.
He is not colorful
but bathed in blood and hate.
Amerikka's first dictator,
America's last president.

12 lines
prompt: use the words stunning, nuance, colorful, last, first in a poem


Pholarchos Tarot--16--The Tower--A trial by earth, air, fire, water.
November 6, 2024 at 10:53am
November 6, 2024 at 10:53am
#1079569
After the Election

No blue wave yesterday,
today is quiet chaos.
I want to jump ship
slither from my human skin
rustle through the sawgrass
walk on my belly
become venomous.
Everglades pythons
suffer no anxiety.
So here I lie
wallowing in the mud
grasping for the sky.

12 lines

prompt: quiet chaos

Dark Goddess Tarot--Hag of Earth--She Who Watches---Remember history, or more will be lost.


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