Tag: ritual
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August 11, 2006 09:29 AM EDT --
I think I could write anywhere. You could throw me naked in a meat locker turned to 42 degrees, and I would scrape words in the frost on the floor. It wouldn't be fun. Probably read like frozen crap, . . .
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January 20, 2008 11:28 PM EST --
I don't remember where this came from. All I know is that I still remember this after reading it somewhere many years ago.
Candle shining in the night
With your flame enchanted
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November 05, 2006 10:10 PM EST --
I wrote this poem for a unity ritual the local Pagan community held the summer of 2001. Each quarter, they held a public ritual done in the flavor of a different tradition. This . . .
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May 31, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
Some may say: "it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it." The male stick insect copulates with the female for 10 weeks straight without pause and all the poor lady wants is just . . .
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November 11, 2007 09:43 AM EST --
Some people go to church 'faithfully' every Sunday, (or other specified day) as regular as clockwork. Some may go sporadically - as the mood strikes. Others may never go - they're . . .
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November 22, 2007 08:53 AM EST --
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September 15, 2006 04:03 PM EDT --
Since the resurgence of knowledge known as the Renaissance, the western world has become the battlefield of many ideologies. Most specifically, there has been a war between ideas . . .
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January 09, 2007 01:39 AM EST --
In Keith Jones' mystery novel The Mayan Equinox, an American archaeology professor attempts to supernaturally prevent the end of the world, predicted by the Mayans as . . .
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July 28, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
Cats’ necks crane—silence . . .
Summer grass rustles below;
Necks adagio!
A nose appears, black.
Two ears twitch beside antlers
Covered with velvet.
Graceful, cautious walk.
A tail twitches . . .
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February 05, 2009 04:10 PM EST --
There have been a lot of posts about the "Christian Right" and "Christian Extremists", etc. I've tried to explain why I seperate Christians from "christians" and . . .
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January 10, 2008 09:51 PM EST --
The voice, coming as it did from behind, startled me.
"You shouldn't hate your hands," he said.
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August 06, 2009 06:25 PM EDT --
It's getting down to time for the August recess and we're getting to see what our legislators plan to do on their summer vacations. Surprisingly enough, it looks like they plan to spend their time . . .
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August 21, 2008 07:01 PM EDT --
Stand
or be alone
in the first occurrance
of death
Feel soft feathers
embers
floating on the wind
Whipped furiously
to strike
with the . . .
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February 09, 2009 08:34 PM EST --
Being burned by fireworks is considered a stroke of bad luck, but for Taiwanese who willingly subject themselves to an explosive barrage, it's all about good fortune.
In one of Taiwan's wildest . . .
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August 02, 2009 06:50 PM EDT --
I wrote this poem for yesterday's Lammas ritual that the Pittsburgh Pagan Unity group held up at North Park.
Midsummer, Lammas, wheel sliding towards Yule Energy fades with the descending . . .
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January 24, 2008 04:53 PM EST --
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
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October 18, 2007 06:56 PM EDT --
There is such comfort in ritual. Awakening in the calm, before the baby wakes, drinking tea as I wake up, practicing qigong and yoga. My older children flow in and out of the process, imitating . . .
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October 03, 2009 07:31 AM EDT --
Bedtime Ritual
"Mom"
"need water."
Sip, "Sweet dreams."
"Momm"
"Another story?"
"Tommorrow." Kiss.
"Mommm"
"Hugs?"
"Sweet . . .
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August 01, 2006 09:57 AM EDT --
When my Gramma died, I grieved for two weeks. Then August changed to September and I wrote her a long love letter and burned it with the brown fall leaves. When my penpal of many years died I cursed the . . .
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March 10, 2007 03:09 PM EST --
Incorporating herbal tea into your daily routine is inexpensive, easy, and a great way to take a few minutes just for you.
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