Merril is the host for dVerse poet’s pub today. Merril says:
Write a poem in any form that references invisible or invisibility. There are lots of ways to go with this, and I’m eager to see what the dVerse community comes up with. I’ve also just thought that an erasure poem might fit this prompt—erasing words or making them invisible to make a poem visible. So that’s another option. And of course, you might want to continue writing sonnets or rubaiyat.
Drums and incense
call them in
while our feet,
step by step,
make their turns.
A crackling
in our bones
says they are near.
We approach
the center,
scalps tingling,
our spines
a racetrack.
They dance and twirl
to our heartbeats
and steal our breath
as they fill our lungs.
Low moans escape
as our bodies burn
with their fire.
They sing
in soundless,
wordless pictures
as the circuits
join us all,
becoming
one swirling
goddess.
Tao Talk 
I love the energy here. I always thought that walking a labyrinth was a quiet, solitary activity–so thank you for the information!
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The labyrinth walk can be a solitary or group activity, depending on what kind of experience you’re looking for. It’s a tool.
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Beautiful!!💗
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Thank you, Jordy!
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I had never imagined walking the labyrinth could be so passionate and energetic. I love the idea of meeting the goddess at the centre.
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I’ve walked it alone and walked it as a group experience, where drummers and candlelight surround it while others walk it (this was a traveling labyrinth laid out in a gymnasium) and the energy that is pulled in is incredible.
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Oh wow – walking a labyrinth with drummers playing would be fabulous. I moved away from my drumming circle and miss it a lot. Maybe I need to put it ‘out there’ and find a new one.
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A drum circle sounds soooo cool. You definitely should! It turned the labyrinth walk into something very potent!
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Finding the drum circle is the hard bit! They are few and far between. Most drummers over here in Oz do African drumming. These days I just use my medicine drum quietly in my yard. This conversation inspires me to go out with the drumand walk a labyrinth style path around my yard later today. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
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I like that idea :)
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Highly enjoyed this; metaphysics always grabs my attention. Never had the patience or stamina to take on a labyrinth.
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Glenn, most labyrinths aren’t lengthy and you rest in the center. If you do a web search you might be surprised to discover that there are labyrinths all over the place, probably one very near you. I found out that a church in town has one that it opens to the public every 3 months, and there is another church in a nearby town that has one behind it that is open to the public. They are a hub of energy. Believe it or not, the last time I walked one alone, Townes VanZandt spoke to me! He said only two words, “Don’t judge.”
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Oh this is soo beautiful, Jade!! ❤️❤️
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Sanaa thank you :)
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Really like the energy and concluding line.
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Thank you, Grace.
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You took me there. I too, would love to try a labyrinth and you took me there. Lovely, evocative writing msjadeli!
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I’m glad and thank you. Check this out. You might find there is one close to you. https://labyrinthlocator.com/
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Thanks for the link! Oh, I hope I can find one here in the wilds of Alabama. :-)
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Hey I found two in the sticks of Michigan very close by :)
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Wonderful Jade – reminds me of the sacred fires I once participated in on Goddess weekends.
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VJ so glad you can relate to it. You know what I mean about that energy.
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I do!
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This was fascinating Jade. Never did an erasure poem, but if that is what this was, it hwld most cohesively and with great i,pact! I liked tge reading ecpereince! It had a tribal metaphysical essence. As for labyrinths, I will never be able to do one unless they let me in with my mobility scooter – which probably they won’t?
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Rob, it is not an erasure poem, just freeform. Thank you very much for your kind words. As to your scooter they ABSOLUTELY would let you go on the labyrinth if the path was wide enough. Did you see that link I posted about the labyrinth locator? Find some near you and usually there is a contact # where you can find out how wide their labyrinth is. Where you live there are probably all kinds of them!
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this was like an enchantment Jade! i felt like swaying to a rhythm your words created
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Glad it resonated for you, Gina.
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What a great story.. to find the invisible deity in the dancing to drums. Great energy in the short lines.
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Bjorn, thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the story.
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So much energy in these short lines – love it! Am also loving the rhymes of crackling/racetrack and twirl/swirl. I’ll be in a place with a labyrinth tomorrow – I’ll have to walk it!
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That’s fabulous. I’ll be very interested in hearing how it goes for you :)
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I like your connections. (K)
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:)
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beautiful!
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Thank you Linda
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