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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

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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.
October 30, 2024 at 9:37am
October 30, 2024 at 9:37am
#1079161
Election Jitters

The amygdala is a tiny brain part
that controls fear, anxiety, loathing,
emotions chained directly to our hearts.

This election season with traumas floating
the Constitution, freedom, dDemocracy
has people of good faith worrying.

Tricks, dirty deeds, and conspiracy theories
multiply in the air, bad bacteria.
My amygdala is overwrought, weary.

I will cast a spell on my amygdala
to dampen, tamp down, and quiet this drama.


11 lines
prompt;:write a terza rima

Dark Goddess Tarot--Seven of Fire--Durga--defend your rights and the rights of others
October 23, 2024 at 11:10am
October 23, 2024 at 11:10am
#1078790
Skippy

I didn't set a place for you
at my dumb supper on Samhain.
I didn't put your favorite treats
in your shiny bowl.
My other beloved dead
had their places of honor.
But that night
you bounded in anyway.
I heard your scratching
and felt your sighs.
I should have known
that out here on the fringes
all our loved ones
are sometimes, not human.
Next year, bring the cat.

15 lines
Prompt: a puppy in a ghost costume with a jack o lantern


Dark Goddess Tarot--Maman Brigitte---Dance with your ancestors


October 16, 2024 at 9:33am
October 16, 2024 at 9:33am
#1078399
Joy

You ask me why
I go to the woods,
I go to breathe
with the trees.
I look for signs
but only find
overwhelming joy.
You ask me why
I go to the garden.
I go to whirl
among the stones.
I look for metamorphosis
but only find
unspeakable joy.

14 lines
prompt: overwhelming joy

Pholarchos Tarot--7 of Coral--Amongst heaps of curios, here is a choice dictated by your soul requirements.
October 7, 2024 at 5:26pm
October 7, 2024 at 5:26pm
#1077911
Marrow

Bones are not hollow
but filled with marrow.
I scrub these beef bones
and roast
a shimmer of olive oil
a glitter of sea salt
then spoon the unctuous center
unto crusty bread
more oil, dipping spices
a red wine
that's still under the radar.
The Barefoot Contessa
has nothing on me.

13 lines

prompt: a poem about a food you love


The Cooks Tarot--9 of Pentacles--think about what makes you happy.


September 30, 2024 at 11:25am
September 30, 2024 at 11:25am
#1077485
Hurricane Helene

the blade goes in the earth, against the storm
it all smells of salt and rain
ancient ways, modern pain

Form: Kimo

Dark Goddess Tarot--Hag of Fire--Maman Brigitte--Dance with your ancestors
September 25, 2024 at 4:29pm
September 25, 2024 at 4:29pm
#1077282
September 23, 2024

On this fall Monday
I do not need
Donald Drumpf to protect me.
I make my own cup of tea.
I have never gone
strictly by the book
and won't start now.
My rage is three howls long
and my heart and limbs
quiver with anger.
I do not have to be
somebody's something.

12 lines;
prompt: use the words Monday, fall, book, tea

Dark Goddess Tarot--4 of Earth--the Sphinx--How you define your life, limits your life.
September 15, 2024 at 4:02pm
September 15, 2024 at 4:02pm
#1076841
Strange Loops

On a rainy day
I cannot see
the sun or stars
though they are there
in Grandmother Spider's web.
I am enmeshed
in this dance of creation
of strange spiral loops
with no end, no beginning.
I am witness
to this tidy prison.
But there is freedom
and there is love.

13 lines
prompt: a rainy day

Dark Goddess Tarot--Stars--Spider Woman--sense the pattern that exists behind the senses



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