kneading the bread dough
putting more wood on the fire—
sacred daily paths
Interruption
A crow interrupts,
as I read the sacred text,
with his take on things.
Stones
seven sacred stones
waiting for me to find them
in the mountain stream
Arrow
old storyteller
nocking a sacred arrow
seven verses long
Moth
not the luna moth’s
winging will I miss so much
as the sacred flame
Offerings
a handful of earth
three speckled eggs and a stone—
sacred offerings
Waybread
sacred love stories
shared around the evening fire—
waybread for the soul
Gifts
a cupful of earth
three blue eggs and a dog bone—
strange yet sacred gifts
Chalice
She offers herself
to the sun at its setting—
a sacred chalice.
Hierophant
old hierophant
puzzling sacred mysteries
stumbles on his tongue