#sacred poetry

[necrolatria]

i sing of demeter, dark-haired, dark-eyed, she of the earth, bountiful in her riches! you give us warm bread on our tables, the all-provider, you give us black earth under our feet. your name is heard amongst the many grasses, your hand is felt in every hearty meal. and how you give, o beautiful mistress, is rivaled only by how you take. beware, beware the wrathful goddess! beware of her, you — murderer, violator, abuser, colonizer! tremble, you who pollutes, you who conquers, you who betrays trust! the great mother has many teeth as well as she has many claws, and all of them are as swift as a swallow, and all of them are sharp like that of a beast. all glory to demeter furious, justice bringer; may your hand have its grasping presence upon each and every of lying throats.

[mountain-sage]

[cinader]

s3e3 From Olympic Gold Medalist to Children’s Author, Billy Mills’ Journey to Heal a Nation

The message is more than timely from our indigenous elder. We're listening to this again this week, while we take a little production break. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. We won't back away from Love. Will you?

s3e3 From Olympic Gold Medalist to Children’s Author, Billy Mills’ Journey to Heal a Nation BIlly MIlls, Blagovesta Momchedjikova, Alejandro Murguía, Makeda – Queen of Sheba s3e3-LBH Podcast-Release Date February 6, 2025 [link to transcript] s3e3February 6, 2025 1964 Olympics champion and children’s author, Billy Mills,  speaks about his book, Wings of an Eagle, and Diversity, Equity and…

[dirafames]

[tiredshinigami]

[xrepressedx]

“Oh, to be sacred to you. To be the only thing resurrected, sliced open, and devoured by you.”

[somewhere-in-the-trees]

The Cannibal’s Canción by Gloria Anzaldúa, from Borderlands, 1987.

[philosophybits]

Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.

George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

[necrolatria]

prayer to morana for health during winter

queen morana, lady of winter frosts, pale mistress of transformation! obscure me from illness, shelter me from ailments, hide me from all malaise, with me under your domain. like your winds are strong, winter mother, may my body be strong also. like your night is long, may my health be good. like your snow is white, may my self be free from any malady unwanted. morana-winter, beautiful lady, take all my illnesses and my afflictions, venture far beyond nine fields, beyond twelve forests, scatter them there, where i, a young girl, won't ever walk, won't ever venture! the moon is in the sky, the hare is in the forest, the pike is in the river: when those three brothers meet up, only then i, a young girl, will fall to illness. so be it forever until the end of times. all praise to you, lady of many snows!

[saturnianthots]

[cinader]

s3e3 From Olympic Gold Medalist to Children’s Author, Billy Mills’ Journey to Heal a Nation

"reading the Doctrine of Discovery, without anger... saying: my voice is going to be heard...Indigenous people, people of color, the diversity of America can create and mature this incredible democratic experiment to the sacredness that we all seek." Billy Mills - Listen & Be Heard s3e3

s3e3 From Olympic Gold Medalist to Children’s Author, Billy Mills’ Journey to Heal a Nation BIlly MIlls, Blagovesta Momchedjikova, Alejandro Murguía, Makeda – Queen of Sheba s3e3-LBH Podcast-Release Date February 6, 2025 [link to transcript] s3e3February 6, 2025 1964 Olympics champion and children’s author, Billy Mills,  speaks about his book, Wings of an Eagle, and Diversity, Equity and…

[dirafames]

[shisasan]

She drinks the shadows, Her lips stained with the secrets of venom gods, A dark hymn laced through her breath, Sinking her teeth into the sacred night.

~Aleksandra Alba  

[tiredshinigami]

[luthienne]

Naomi Shihab Nye, from Transfer; "Scared, Scarred, Sacred"

[tenoart]

Hi I saw @gigizetz 's GORGEOUS Polyhymnia, muse of sacred poetry design and I just RAH had to paint it instantly oh my God this design is so pretty idk if I did her justice THIS ISNT FULLY RENDERED but it would take me like 12 years if I tried