I came across an interesting essay on the relationship between meditation and poetry. See below
https://www.daraghbyrnepoetry.com/posts/poetryandmindfulness
Someone once gave me a bag of runes and I used them as a meditation tool. Each rune came with a description or a piece of advice and from this I wrote a poem on each. Here are a few. For details about the origins of runes follow the link below.
https://norse-mythology.org/runes/the-meanings-of-the-runes/
Blank Odin
Strung up by his heels Odin hung
for nine nights from Yggdrasil
self-drained from Self until he saw
the word reflected in the water.
Now is the time to leave behind
to pass through
to come to
a new beginning
that is also an end
to what you already know.
Nauthiz-Constraint
Repair your saddle
and tie up the horse.
There'll be no ride today.
For the horse is lame
And there's mist on the moor
And no knowing where you're going.
It's time to muck out and clean tack
the bridle,bit and saddle
And think about why
the horse is lame
and you are held back
EHWAZ- Protection
You feel all and think nothing
You can't act now
For the mirror is blurred
And you're breathing too fast
And your head's in a spin.
It's time to lie low
It's time to listen
For the warning rustle of sedge grass
Or become like elk with curved horn -
For both keep open the space around you.
Wunjo- Joy
You have shifted on your own axis
and aligned yourself with yourself.
The deluge that was damned up
can now flow
Generous in the knowledge of its own stillness.
Blow out the candles
and cut the cake.
The time is now
and you are ready.
ANSUZ-Signals
Draw from the well and drink now
For the desert is far and the journey long
And you are on the brink
of a new beginning.
Unlikely sources point the way
Shakespeare's fools, idiots, madmen
who jabber and jest
Signs for you to unscramble.
But be careful
or you will miss the moment
Dismiss it as irrelevent.
When all the time
It is timely and sacred.
Copyright 2022 Cathy Leonard All rights reserved
These are lovely!
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