June 25, 2004
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First… a poem which I wrote at work the other night while reading Grendel. Very good book BTW, very deep and insightful to human nature. Basically, Gardner uses the story of Grendel (Beowulf) to imply that humanity defines itself by what it hates, what it considers monstrous. The subject would be heavy if not for the vivid and eloquent way the story is told. Ironically, this book was first released the year I was born.
So, to my poem… (this is a first draft, no rewrites)
to become
our own enemy
a snake chews on its tail
Oroboros, we eat ourselves
purging the worst
it rises up again
slick and angry as rot
our endless cycle of hunger
defined by what we hate
becoming what we hate
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Next… the return of the Ancient Whispers Newsletter. Is this post a little late? Yeah, a bit, but that’s what happens when you have to watch a hyperactive, constipated, teething eight month old all day. My mom finally came home this afternoon, and I went and caught myself a nap. heh I can’t wait for my sister to get here from Illinois. And she won’t be here until next Thursday! Agggggggggggggg!
So, anyway, the newsletter. I hope everyone had (is having) a great Midsummer celebration. Sorry for the past two weeks without a newsletter. This week’s Ancient Whispers newsletter is on the subject of Weather magic. Check out the article to see how ancient fascination with weather has grown into our modern attempts to divine the weather, then go to the Sites of Interest to learn how you can affect the weather yourself.
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Some Sites of Interest
SkyWatch
Weather working
Seawitch.org
Weather Working With Clouds
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This Pagan Week : June
Humor : New Virus
Article : Weather Magic
Quote : Henri-Frederic Amiel
Craft of the Week : Flower Fairies
Humor : Some true “proverbs”
Who’s Who in World Mythology : Bachue
Quote : Buck Rogers
The Magi’s Garden : Chicory
Cartoon
Poem : Earth Mother, Star Mother
Quote : George E. Woodberry
The Power of Stones : Bustamite
Humor : Baby
A Dreamer’s Guide : Passage to Payment
Quote : Stanley Walker
Previous Newsletters
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Comments (4)
Great poem Harmony. I love the imagery of the snake eating itself, like a moebius strip, but borne of a kind of self-destruction. Interesting idea to define us by what we hate. Because as a people we hate so much! Sounds like a great book. I’ll have to look out for it.
:Circle: I like the poem. Though . . . I edited in my mind’s eye this way: (thought I would share who knows)
a snake chews on its tail
Oroboros, we eat ourselves
purging the worst
it rises up again
slick and angry as rot
our endless cycle of hunger
defined by what we hate
becoming what we hate
(then add)
to become
our own enemy
:Badhorsie: Forgot to comment- I love Beowulf and still have my copy around here somewhere.
love the referance to orobouros, horray for mythology…
Thank you for your comment on my writings, I may just post it all and try to publish the sequal/prequal…
I love all the smilies btw…
I’ve written more, come by and check it out!