[lit-ideas] Pldes pantoums
- From: Ceridwen Harris <cmharris@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:37:51 -0400
Here are two of a series of seven pantoums on the Seven Sisters, the
Pleiades, and their relationship with Orion.
Best
Ceri
The Seventh Sister ( Alcyone)
Blue fire in the black night frost
Orion hunting bison stars
From dusk till dawn he wanders
Seventh Sister at his side,
Orion hunting bison stars
Lonely on his nightly quest
Seventh Sister at his side
With shining eyes alert for him
Lonely on his nightly quest
She guards his heart; she keeps nearby
With shining eyes alert for him
She runs beside him through the sky
She guards his heart she keeps nearby
From dusk to dawn he wanders;
She runs beside him through the sky
Blue fire in the black night frost
First Sister ( Maia)
Stitching, stitching a patchwork quilt
She threads her needle with her own silver hair
Her needle semaphores the rhythm of her stitches
Swift old fingers weaving dancing weaving
She threads her needle with her own silver hair
Her hair was black when she first began to sew
Swift old fingers weaving dancing weaving
First Sister sings a half forgotten song
Her hair was black when she first began to sew
Her quilt enfolds Orion, warm is his dreamtime
First Sister sings a half forgotten song
She squints half blind at her labour of love
Her quilt enfolds Orion, warm is his dreamtime
her needle semaphores the rhythm of her stitches
She squints half blind at her labour of love
Stitching, stitching a patchwork quilt
Ceri
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