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Natural Love

February 15, 2021 by Nancy Lankston Leave a Comment

This morning as I walked along the lakeshore,
I fell in love with a wren
and later in the day with a mouse
the cat had dropped under the dining room table.

In the shadows of an autumn evening,
I fell for a seamstress
still at her machine in the tailor’s window,
and later for a bowl of broth,
steam rising like smoke from a naval battle.

This is the best kind of love, I thought,
without recompense, without gifts,
or unkind words, without suspicion,
or silence on the telephone.

The love of the chestnut,
the jazz cap and one hand on the wheel.

No lust, no slam of the door –
the love of the miniature orange tree,
the clean white shirt, the hot evening shower,
the highway that cuts across Florida.

No waiting, no huffiness, or rancor –
just a twinge every now and then

for the wren who had built her nest
on a low branch overhanging the water
and for the dead mouse,
still dressed in its light brown suit.

But my heart is always propped up
in a field on its tripod,
ready for the next arrow.

After I carried the mouse by the tail
to a pile of leaves in the woods,
I found myself standing at the bathroom sink
gazing down affectionately at the soap,

so patient and soluble,
so at home in its pale green soap dish.
I could feel myself falling again
as I felt its turning in my wet hands
and caught the scent of lavender and stone.

~Billy Collins, Aimless Love
❤️

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Wild Embers

September 27, 2020 by Nancy Lankston 1 Comment

Goddess Power by Jakki Moore

We are the blood
of the witches
you thought were dead.

We carry witchcraft in our bones
whilst magic still sings
inside our heads.

When the witch hunters
imprisoned our ancestors
when they tried to burn the magic away.

Someone should have
warned them
that magic cannot be tamed.

Because you cannot burn away
what has always
been aflame.

~Nikita Gill, “Wild Embers”

Potent Pisces New Moon

March 6, 2019 by Nancy Lankston Leave a Comment

New moon in dreamy, watery Pisces.
With Neptune also in Pisces, big magic is afoot!

Forget logic.
Envision what you want to manifest.
Passionately hold that vision in your heart.
See it, feel it, taste it happening.

Then pay attention to your dreams.
And watch for synchronistic signs in waking life.
The universe will nudge you in the right direction.‬

☾☽

#BigMagic
#PayAttention

New Moon in Scorpio

November 6, 2018 by Nancy Lankston Leave a Comment

‪New moon in watery Scorpio, the spiritual #sorceress.
Deep primal urges and emotions abound.
What will you do with the gift of these transformative energies?
Move beyond your fears and take a few steps toward your deepest desires.
Open to the magical possibilities of now.‬

☾☽

#StepThru

IMAGE BY NANCY LANKSTON
CAVES OF KESH, WESTERN IRELAND

Hers is the Power

May 13, 2018 by Nancy Lankston Leave a Comment

Sacred Mother of Us All

“Hers is the power of the pouncing lioness, the roar of a hurricane, the swoop of an eagle, the crashing of a wave, the gentle force of the moon on the tides, the unleashing of a mighty orgasm, the contractions of labour, the spider weaving a web of gossamer silk…”

~Lucy Pearce, Burning Woman

🌎

#SacredFeminine

#MamaEarth

Celebrate Life

May 1, 2018 by Nancy Lankston Leave a Comment

Today is Beltane in the northern hemisphere.

Celebrate the dance of Life!

All around us, yin and yang, male and female

Dance and merge to create the new life that is springing forth all around us.

☾☽

#NaturalMagic

Follow the magic

June 25, 2014 by Nancy Lankston Leave a Comment

follow the magic

Quote from A Space for Soul

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