Posted in The Līgo Haibun Challenge
Another day, another challenge. I only managed to submit my Picture (Katmandu) challenge piece yesterday at the last minute and I was amazed how well received it was.
Buoyed by this feeling inside of acceptance and recognition I am jumping straight in with another piece, this time a word prompt.
Although I endeavor to have no expectations, I feel that a fall from Grace must surely now follow 😉
Mirror or Faerie: My choice is Faerie
I stand under a moon so full I can almost touch it. Autumn is merging with winter and the cold air wraps itself like coils of smoke about my fingers. Fingers which hold the Crystal up against the bright lunar sky. The Gatekeeper. The chant rolls out from deep within my being and a call is made to the Fey folk to come and dance with us on this Samhain evening. Within the quartz chamber movement unfolds. A wisp at first and then more form. Before my very eyes a faerie is dancing within the crystal. It is Magic. Pure and simple. I breathe deeply and smell the earth more cleanly than ever before. Peaty and damp, it lines my being. We are one.
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Echoes of a time
long since dreamed of are sounded
in my heart this night
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Paul Scribbles 
I love your ode to Samhain and the fae. My favorite part: “I breathe deeply and smell the earth more cleanly than ever before. Peaty and damp, it lines my being.” I remember standing on a peaty hillside in Scotland, and the smell made me feel at one with the universe, even though it was not a smell I grew up knowing. Thanks for bringing that moment back to me. Cheers, Brenda
You’re welcome Brenda.It still has the same effect on me.
I enjoy fantasy and science fiction – I think you can go places with this one too…
Thanks for your visit. I appreciate you kind support.
I wonder if the peaty damp is anything like the preparation of farm fields in fall and spring in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania?
I’ve created a page for the continuation…for next week 🙂
http://juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/spell-bound-the-series/
Thanks…my story has more than an element of truth in it and is based on an actual experience atop The Hill of Tara in Ireland. I know nothing of Lancaster County and so can’t make a comparison but the Peat burned in fires in Ireland and Scotland has a particular odour…if you want to get a taste of it have a wee dram of Laphroaig Single Malt 😉 I’ll keep an eye on Spellbound
Ah, malt – hubby says it is a meal in a glass!
Laphroaig…I’ll have to keep an eye out for that.
Bog burning may not be quiet the same as wet cow dung…not burning, just returning into the earth 🙂
Must be a magical place ‘The Hill of Tara.’ I’ll look it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara
Is this the place?
Enchanting.
That’s it…a place of the ancients…Tuatha de Danaan…Magical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_de_danaan
I do not believe anything in the states can come close to the ancient magics. Though there are some places in our area that date back two or three hundred years.
It is too bad though that there always has to be some kind of warring. I like the bit about the silver arm.
Thanks for the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania
The Amish do not use electricity. So their farming methods might be the closest we’ve got to ‘ancient farming’ methods. They are actually a branch of Mennonites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonite
Trying to find the oldest people of the Northern Americas brings me to very old peoples that must have had some very interesting belief systems. But it is hard to say if they believed in magic. Though that which we don’t know or understand is often perceived as magic. Thanks for the educational tours.
I am sure many of the tribes that were native to your land would have used ritual which in essence has a kind of magic at it’s core Thanls for the links Interesting reading
You’re good. Really, really good. Keep writing. An absolute pleasure to read (IMO) Penny, 🙂
Thank you so much Incredibly encouraging comment Penny x
The pleasure is mine, Paul, most especially when meant most sincerely! x
this was an enjoyable magical moment, thanks. ☺
Thank You
Complex, intricate, with an ability to play with tim,which I felt. was slowing down as I read your haibun. I think you’re on a good run! In two haibun I’ve seen you carefully stamp your style, a style of haibun that is full, a delight to read, deep and clever – magical.
Once again many thanks for your encouragement. There is something about this form that appeals to me and I am reading more around the subject. I look forward to continued development of my style.