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When Fairies Appear
“At Samhain, the circle of the year comes to its
final spoke.”--Diana Rajchel.
I have a Celtic Cross placed in a dark corner of my
back yard, between two ancient maples, drenched
in shadows except at high noon when gray glows
as white, and the faint sound of bagpipes wafts
softly in the distance.
I pay very little attention to Halloween. It’s Samhain
for me, celebrating the coming of the darker half of
the year, when the cattle, sheep, chickens and
turkeys are slaughtered, when the veil between
dimensions is at its thinnest, when the fairies return,
when angry clouds crowd the ashen skies, their
bellies swollen black with future deluge and flood,
when most harvests are completed, and soon their
bounty will decorate holiday tables. Sadly, Samhain,
All Saints Day, and All Souls Day have merged into
the Madison Avenue artificiality of Halloween.
Rooks and ravens flap
over black cats in October
under a blue moon.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over at d'Verse Poet's Pub Haibun
12 comments:
Keep that Celtic cross out of the way. It has no place in the notion of Samhain. I thoroughly agree with you about the Halloween jamboree—utter crap.
I am brought up with all saints day, and remembering your forefathers it's a much more solemn day...
Very haunting and dark imagery here, Glenn. I do not really care much for Halloween either, quite honestly.
It has become a retailers cash cow and outdoor decorations become more and more elaborate. You describe them aptly, Glenn. Me? I'm for some colorful chrysanthemums and a couple of pumkpkins in honor of fall harvest.
I agree, Glenn, for me it’s Samhain too. I don’t like how Halloween has taken over, so commercial and artificial. No wonder the moon is blue.
That dark area where the Celtic Cross lies in darkness and the "gray glows as white" is quite as enchanting as it is terrifying. No thanks to that corner of the garden! You did this dark time of the year up right, Glenn.
Yes, Samhain... the primordial embodiment of this transitional time. Well-evoked here, Glenn!
Eye 2 Eye and fascinated by that ancient element of the Celtic legends. I think it’s richer and certainly more frightening or maybe I should say more stimulating than Halloween. But still brother I got to wish you a happy Halloween! :-)
Light and dark, struggle on.
Happy Halloween
Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Much💛love
Now that's spooky. I love your depiction of the start of the dark half of the year. Literally so - the clocks were put back this weekend - it feels very dark at the moment! Great write, Glenn, really enjoyed it.
I love this paired-down non-commercial Halloween: 'when the veil between
dimensions is at its thinnest.' I knew there had to be some positives to this time of year!
I've never been much of a fan of Halloween either. Samhain makes much more sense to me. It's definitely the start of the dark time of year.
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