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American Witch: Samhain Journeys
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The Spell of Poetry. Saturday, October 30, 2010. Annie and Grandy on my 6th birthday, Samhain 1962. For my Halloween-Samhain-birthday gift to myself this year, I took a powerful healing journey under the guidance of two local shamans. Against a backdrop of achingly burnt-orange trees outside their huge picture windows, Evie and Allie. Journeys, with Fred Tietjen. Gary B. Fitzgerald. I miss you all. Im sorry I havent been. To see you, but. Its not my fault. After all,. Youre buried all over. Welcome to Am...
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American Witch: May 2012
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The Spell of Poetry. Wednesday, May 16, 2012. NEW HOME FOR THE "AMERICAN WITCH" BLOG. DEAR FRIENDS, FANS, FOLLOWERS:. THE "AMERICAN WITCH" BLOG HAS MOVED TO. YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLOG THERE VIA RSS FEED. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). American Witch: The Spell of Poetry. Welcome to American Witch, musings from poet Annie Finch on poetry, magick, and life. View my complete profile. Promote Your Page Too. Poetry and Popular Culture. Ars Poetica and Other Ecstasies. NEW HOME FOR THE AMERICAN WITCH BLOG.
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American Witch: October 2011
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The Spell of Poetry. Friday, October 28, 2011. Getting Ready for Samhain. I'm very excited about Samhain this year. On Halloween, I'm going to celebrate my 55th birthday with a special gathering of a few witchy friends—and at the same time, celebrate and inaugurate the beginning of the writing of my memoir American Witch. And then last night, I performed my poem "Samhain," from Eve. Was it the fact that for the first time for any poetry performance, I worked with a director, Assunta Kent, to prepare?
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American Witch: Give Thanks for Mercury Retrograde
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The Spell of Poetry. Saturday, November 26, 2011. Give Thanks for Mercury Retrograde. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. For the first time in many years, I spent the day with friends and my own family, but no-one from my family of origin. One result: I ended up appreciating how precious my family of origin is to me! I've seen on the positive aspects of Mercury retrograde. Enjoy, and, as my dad used to say, "happy days! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). American Witch: The Spell of Poetry.
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American Witch: June 2011
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The Spell of Poetry. Monday, June 13, 2011. Yeats Springs Eternal: Happy Birthday WBY! Happy Birthday to you, William Butler Yeats! 160; I am inspired by a myriad of poets, but perhaps you inspire me most of all;. Monday, June 6, 2011. Do you notice something odd about this Biblical quote? 8212; Romans 13:9-11 (AV). I just came across it on John Edminster's website. It's from St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans—the most important theological statement by the person who defined Christian theology. Annie Finc...
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American Witch: A Chant for Lammas--and my Garden
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The Spell of Poetry. Thursday, August 4, 2011. A Chant for Lammas- and my Garden. Photo by Georgia Etheridge. Happy Lammas, All! Here is the lammas chant from Calendars. Though it says two voices, we performed it the other day in four groups of voices, just moving through the poem three times, and it worked out great. If I can get the technology down, I'll also add the audio version from the Calendars. Two voices, alternating. Fill the earth's belly full. Fill the earth's belly full. Tupelo Press, 2003).
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American Witch: November 2011
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The Spell of Poetry. Saturday, November 26, 2011. Give Thanks for Mercury Retrograde. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. For the first time in many years, I spent the day with friends and my own family, but no-one from my family of origin. One result: I ended up appreciating how precious my family of origin is to me! I've seen on the positive aspects of Mercury retrograde. Enjoy, and, as my dad used to say, "happy days! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). American Witch: The Spell of Poetry.
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American Witch: Getting Ready for Samhain
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The Spell of Poetry. Friday, October 28, 2011. Getting Ready for Samhain. I'm very excited about Samhain this year. On Halloween, I'm going to celebrate my 55th birthday with a special gathering of a few witchy friends—and at the same time, celebrate and inaugurate the beginning of the writing of my memoir American Witch. And then last night, I performed my poem "Samhain," from Eve. Was it the fact that for the first time for any poetry performance, I worked with a director, Assunta Kent, to prepare?
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American Witch: On Yoga, Sprawl, and the Black Earth Institute
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The Spell of Poetry. Wednesday, October 5, 2011. On Yoga, Sprawl, and the Black Earth Institute. I'm getting ready to head out to the annual retreat of the Black Earth Institute. Where I have the honor of being a Senior Fellow this year. It's always an extraordinarily inspiring weekend, with powerful presentations by Fellows on their work in progress, hard-hitting and urgent conversations, and, not least, memorable wine from BEI founder Patricia Monaghan. Kunstler's book THE GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE. The pac...
