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| Golden fields, River Avon, August 2011 |
These golden fields
are singing love songs to my soul.
Her sunshine kisses
me into drowsy memories
of when my I held my
dreaming close to the earth
and smiled with my
grandmothers in trust
that
our harvest would always come shining in.
When we walked the
Sweet Track with bellies full and heavy,
singing
praise songs.
I am wide hips
swinging in time with Her bees humming.
There is no lack, I
am held in summer's lap and suckling.
She is drifting
pollen on my tongue, all my life made golden.
I am swaying
cornfield dancing, dissolving into honeyed sweetness.
I am walking, naked
and blissful, through this land of dripping amber.
Calling in
abundance, mind meadows of wild flowers and barley.
She is my Honeybee,
my Queen, my Summer.
She holds me joyous
in melting surrender.
She shows me that I
have my own place
in this sweet and buzzing hive of wonder.
There are no edges
in this place of endless gratitude.
There are only doors
opening...
(Jacqueline Durban, 1st August 2011. First published in Earth Pathways Diary 2013)
For more on Lammas and its history I highly recommend this wonderful post by A Clerk at Oxford; 'A Little History of Lammas' http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/a-little-history-of-lammas.html
For more on Lammas and its history I highly recommend this wonderful post by A Clerk at Oxford; 'A Little History of Lammas' http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/a-little-history-of-lammas.html
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| Beautiful barley in Dorchester, Oxfordshire, September 2012 |
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| Preparing to Fly ~ goose feathers collected in Dorchester, Oxfordshire, September 2012 |
Lammas blessings of abundance and peace to you my dear from one dwelling at the old white hem of winter on the other side of the world :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Sarah. I am so sorry that I have only just come across your beautiful comment, although today is a hard day so I feel that Life has saved it up for me to come across at just this moment. Much love to you in your winter land xxx
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