I don't have a title for this yet.

[kiya]

These are among the Mysteries
The black earth is split
Of Osiris;
By the green and gold, the grain
Cast down
Cast down
By his brother
Upon the threshing grounds;
Into the river
Grain riven from chaff,
And cut into pieces;
Ground fine by stone on stone,
Bound up
Bound up
By the wise hands
With water, milk, and honey,
Of Anubis;
Kneaded smooth,
Rising
Rising
At Isis' touch;
With the leaven,
Falling again
Punched down
To rise
To rise
Glorified:
For the oven:
King of those that shine beyond,
Golden brown
Gift of grain,
The bread
Sustainer of the living.


Dua Wesir!

(I can't tell if this is awful. blacktarrant got it, and brooksmoses says it takes reading a couple of times to straighten the threads out but it came out in my head with the layers and I can't make it real any other way. Also, I suspect my capacities for evaluation would be in a much better condition if I wasn't sloshed, but since I'm completely plastered, there's nothing for it. This also is why the run on sentences. Be glad I"m correcting my typos.

Also not sure how to make the HTML work right. Faking it, sir.

Several times, until it works.)

Addenemium: Can't make the damn spaces go away. Cutting it as a result for courtesy. Dammit.)

Addendum: Hah! larksdream fixed my formatting. All better now.

Comments

damn spaces

[larksdream]

Looks like you're using the UL tag to get the indentation; a better way would be to define a span that has a left margin:

My flush line
[span style="margin-left: 40px"]My indented line[/span]

When I replace the square brackets with anglies, it renders as

My flush line
My indented line

Re: damn spaces

[kiya]

Yes, I figured that there was probably some something like that that exists as I was going to sleep, but I didn't know what it was. My alcohol-fuddled brain went around and around with how to do it with single-pixel .gifs.

*goes and edits*

[larksdream]

Also, I really like the poem.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Wow, I really like that. Thanks for posting it.

There's a local poet here, Neile Graham, who does similar stranding. She has lots of broken links at her writing page, but some stuff is there.

[kathhazel.livejournal.com]

I really like the poem. May I steal it?

....and it made perfect sense :D

[kiya]

Feel free to use it; if you reprint it somewhere, please credit me. :)

Thank you :)

[kathhazel.livejournal.com]

Of course I will credit you if I use it somewhere :D

Our family is putting together a website, based round our paganism and what it means to us and others.If you send me the details I will make sure you are down as the author, along with a copyright notice :D

you can mail me at wytchehazel@paganhazel.co.uk :D

[oneironaut.livejournal.com]

I actually ... got this one. Or so I think, which probably means I'm missing something glaringly obvious. It's shiny, and the format is clever.

Rising
At Isis' touch;

I trust you not to have put something so suggestive in a poem without meaning me to find it suggestive. ;)

[the-real-diana.livejournal.com]

Awesome poem!! What did you drink? I want some :)

[kiya]

Some hard cider and then a chaser of krupnikas.

[the-real-diana.livejournal.com]

Yum, krupnikas...I've never actually tried it, mostly b/c I can't find it, but I've heard good things.

Tequila never helped me produce much in the way of creativity, but it does have the habit of helping me release pent up angry feelings against boys. Luckily here there are no boys that I have pent up angry feelings towards.

Most of the time the world gets to be a beautiful place when spirits are involved (either kind...:).

[kiya]

I think the recipe I used to make it was this one.

[the-real-diana.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll try it! I think I'm going to try to make it for this Christmas party I'm going to.

[syndramise.livejournal.com]

I love the poem! I heard/saw it in my mind being recited by two priestesses, each illuminated by a single candle and each reciting alternate lines. I can't really describe how it went, but it was awesome. If I ever have another group ritual, I'd love to use it. :)

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

That is _very_ cool.