When lady moon shines silver light,
a beacon in fall’s black ink night,
I see her through the window pane.
She weaves her plait of gleaming white
with nimble fingers, brown and veined;
an act profound yet so mundane.
Rapunzel, beloved priestess crone,
prepares to practice arts arcane.
Fresh-flowered steps barefoot to throne,
raises a staff of scrimshawed bone
and nods with grace, our Druid Queen.
With souls of trees, her voice intones,
“From root to seed, from seed to tree,
let light prevail and darkness flee
from winds of heaven as we breathe.
Resist the dark, protect the weak.”
Today’s offering is a quatrain form with chain rhyme. I used some information from a Druid website for the prayer.
Carrie is today’s host of The Sunday Muse. Thank you very much for your inspirational image.
I’m also linking this to earthweal‘s Open Link Weekend #83.
Tao Talk 
Fantastic poem/story Li. Such an authentic feel to it.
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Sadje thank you. It comes from the heart.
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Always a pleasure my friend
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so nice! ❤
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Thank you, Carol anne.
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This is so, so very good, Li. ❤️
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Thank you, Punam. ❤
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My pleasure. 🙂
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Love it! ❤
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Thanks, Jen ❤
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It was beautifully written and a pleasure to read. 🦋
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“Rapunzel, beloved priestess crone” – perfect.
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q, thank you very much.
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I am so glad you liked the image Lisa, and your poem is a magnificent quatrain! Beautiful!!
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Carrie, this poem wouldn’t exist without it. Thank you.
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I want to be a druid queen. 🙂 Love this poem!
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Susie, thank you. The more the merrier (and the better chance we have to get through this mess.)
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OMG!!!
Now i want to revisit Rapuenzel, given this fresh new perspective
Good Sunday
Much💖love
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Gillena, so pleased you are pleased by my poem, thank you. Happy Sunday to You.
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This is so wonderful! I especially love “beloved priestess crone” and “fresh-flowered steps barefoot to throne”.
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Thank you, Sherry 🙂
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loved your picture and words so intertwined.
💖💖
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Thank you, Cindy!
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💖💖💖
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Wonderfully done, Lisa!
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Dale, thank you 🙂
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😊 The pleasure is mine.
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I love the depiction of Rapunzel as a ‘priestess crone.’ I was always sure there was more to that tale than meets the eye…
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haha! You and me both on more to the story. Thank you, Ingrid.
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I always liked Rapunzel in school, and I still do. Some times, as here, I felt sorry for her. Almost like a shut-in.
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Jim, thank you for your gentle comment about Rapunzel.
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I read about bones found with notches in them to suggest lunar time, dating back to the Paleolithic. Our sense of moon-time and lunar lucence is as old as our minds. The poem is a charm for braiding moonlight into wombs and seeds and climbing trees.- b
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Very very cool, Brendan. Evidently the crone wanted this to be shared. Thank you for your knowledge and interpretation.
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I’m a fan of chained rhyme, and the quatrain form is a great showcase for it here. The image resonates in the incantation, and the old ways are braided in our DNA, if we will only look. Skillfully and musically done.
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Hedgewitch, what you say about it being braided into our DNA sounds complementary to what Brendan is saying about the bone markings and the moon. Thank you for your seasoned feedback, it is much appreciated.
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Very nice.
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Thank you, Shay 🙂
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This reads like a deep breath and a fable. Beautiful and elegant.
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Wyndolynne, thank you and glad you enjoyed it.
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This is wonderful – and I love the prayer at the end.
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Marion, thank you, glad you connect with the poem.
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Lisa, this is exquisite. The crone ~~ as aged wise woman (my goal.)
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Helen, thank you. I would consider it an honor to be called crone.
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That’s a wonderful photo. And the real Rapunzel, unmasked! Wise words. (K)
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The Sunday Muse has such good images to write to. Thank you, K.
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This poem is superb. I love the crone Druid queen and her incantation which I’d like to join with the voice of trees.
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Thank you, Myrna!
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This is a wonderful tale. Great use of form and rhyme.
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Thank you, Truedessa 🙂
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Lisa- so well done. This reads like casting a spell.
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Thanks, Linda. I hope it works.
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