BROOMSTRAW

“And didn’t she take a straw and check to see if the cake was done. Didn’t I see her do that? It’s witchcraft is what it is. How in all of nature can a broom straw predict if a cake is done.”

“There’s dough on the straw if the cake is not done. It’s a testing is all.”

“Science then and what’s worse… But I still think it witchcraft. The cake tasted of strawberries and honeycomb and it the middle of winter. And she divined it with a broom straw.”

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Poem for Ancestors



Storyteller,

Speak to me of moments past,
Woodsmoke and many Novembers,
Of Granny Hall, Jackson, Jones,
Of Mother Grace and Grandmother Ada,

Speak of the Disir of my family,
Old recipes and secrets gathered,
Whispers in the half-light of morning kitchens,

Speak of the Cunning Men
Tending sawmills and calvings,
Snows deep as a barn roof,
Pitch-black trails over mountains,
Old wars and front porches,

Feed my pen with stories,
 ~Our people survived~
Round up the re-members and
Feed our daughters
On mountain strength and hill-wanders....

Saga, the storied one, hear me
Saga, the storied ones call you...



Author: Keldarune
http://cozycauldron.blogspot.com/
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