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The Knowing ~ #OpenLinkNight @dVersePoets


Earth
Solid, yet shifting
Foundations rooted
Drinking of the mystery
To be found below

Fire
Hot, yet healing
Purifying, flames dance
Scrying
Foretelling futures
Yet the veil does not burn

Water
Life force, flowing
Baptism, forgiveness
Still no mysteries
Are revealed

Air
Breath of the gods
Invisible, deadly
Fueling wings
Defying gravity
But no secrets dance
Among its currents

Magick
Elemental power
Combine the forces
Drink of their energies
Bow low in reference
Speak the words
On fluted tongue
Revel in the magic
Voice of the drum
Dance within the smoke
Of sacred sage
Sweet grass visions
Divination, chanting
vibrations on a level
above the realm of the physical
to sway among the secrets
to slither beneath the veil
forces combined
to move waking mind
into the realm
of the knowing.

Up for OpenLinkNight at dVersePoets where Brian Miller is manning the show. Also standing in for my NaPoWriMo for 24.04.12

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Brian Miller said…
love the archaic mystical feel to your magic today tash...all the elements born together and revelled in...and the knowing, but only when you choose to dance...
April 24, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Claudia said…
those are strong forces indeed...and who could beat them in their combined power...moving into the realm of the knowing...into the magic, into the dance...nice..i like
April 24, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Anonymous said…
Very nice, I'll join you in that dance in smoke.
April 24, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Laurie Kolp said…
Tash! This is amazing! I love the rhythm here-

Speak the words
On fluted tongue
Revel in the magic
Voice of the drum
April 24, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Joanne Young Elliott said…
Very cool... Let's do it! Let's dance! When you get to that place everything can change.
April 24, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Anonymous said…
This is like a a fifth element- after earth,air,water, and fire- magic- being something that maybe binds it all together, something intangible - something mysterious but intrinisically linked to the earth- channelled through those furnace enough to 'know'- spiritual, ethereal, magical
April 24, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Mark Windham said…
Good stuff. Really like how you pull pieces of the elements into the final stanza; smoke form fire, drink the water, grass of the earth... Very good.
April 24, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Unknown said…
Love the elements, and really love how Magick was the longest of the sections here, another grand slam Tash. Thanks
April 24, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Anonymous said…
amazing lines here..i love how you incorporate ancient wisdom into poetry. four elements dancing in my imagination now. heavenly~
April 24, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Anonymous said…
ur right, no mysteries revealed after Baptism or most religious ceremonies that don't involved drugs.

apollo and the two muses
April 24, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Anonymous said…
Wow reads like a bit of a chant, very magical!
April 24, 2012 at 4:33 PM
mrs mediocrity said…
oh my, this felt like a dance, i could hear the drums beating, feel myself swaying... beautiful!
April 24, 2012 at 4:38 PM
Frank Watson said…
Good poem--like the elements heading each segment and then the magic as something extra. Good turn of the words as well, concise but pointed.
April 24, 2012 at 4:41 PM
Mary B. Mansfield said…
Great write! Makes me want to dance naked under the full moon!
April 24, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Janine Bollée said…
Would sound great set to music.
Scrying sent me to the dictionary again. A word with a meaning not revealed in its sound.
April 24, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Unknown said…
earth air water fire then there's magick... the one element that can be found in all thee others... beautiful
April 24, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Susie Clevenger said…
Love the mysticism...the call of all the forces...reaching realms beyond our human limitations...
April 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM
Marbles in My Pocket said…
A magical write, Tash. It makes me think of something I read earlier today; If your light is gonna shine, you got to be on fire!
April 24, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Mary said…
Oh, this is a stunning poem. I love how you work earth, fire, water, air, and then Magick. There is so much mystery yet to be revealed!
April 24, 2012 at 7:39 PM
Bauke Kamstra (@wyrde) said…
The magic surrounds us, concealed in elements, in minds, in hearts. But around here, most of the magic is in your words.
April 24, 2012 at 8:02 PM
Buddah Moskowitz said…
I echo many of the sentiments here, and want to encourage the mysticism I see here. Beautiful - magick indeed.
April 24, 2012 at 10:19 PM
henry clemmons said…
Like an earlier comment I could hear a melody play behind these fine words, thoughts and visions. WHat you said was kool, but the rythmic flow of your heart and passion behind the words, is what gave this life, gives this life. And I imagine it is what makes you such a special person. On top of whatever the world has thrown your way, your heart still beats to the melodic concerto of hope and peace. I enjoyed the visit once again. It was enriching.
April 24, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Anonymous said…
Oh I love this! It has such a wonderfully ethereal quality, ancient and yet not. So very good!
April 25, 2012 at 12:25 AM
Anonymous said…
This has me all excited about a Native American healing dance I've been invited to attend.
April 25, 2012 at 1:32 AM
Anonymous said…
let's dance. i hear the beat in the rhythm of your words
April 25, 2012 at 2:21 AM
1emeraldcity said…
Fine work here, Tash, defining the elements, what they do...and the last stanza my favorite..Matter of fact, this poem is one of your best, I think. Brava!
April 25, 2012 at 3:53 AM
Unknown said…
Pagen in its symbolsim ... excellent
April 25, 2012 at 6:24 AM
James Rainsford said…
An intriguing combining of the ancient elements Natasha.
April 25, 2012 at 6:42 AM
Lisa said…
There is something earthy in this rhythm.
April 25, 2012 at 6:56 AM
Anonymous said…
Life being made - moving into the realm as good (not evil!) No original sin here. K.
April 25, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Anonymous said…
I am still running pondering considering this beautiful poem over and over, Natasha. You've captured ideas feelings energies both corporeal and ethereal and blended them so well. This is as much an invocation as a poem and there is strength and certainty in it, even when detailing things that are essentially mysteries. Your elemental stanzas set up the rite of the final stanza perfect and take it where it needs to go. I am going to come back to your beautiful wisdom words again and again.
April 25, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Lady Nyo said…
You have covered the earth and sky and this poem is the essence of magic.

Brava!

Lady Nyo
April 25, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Aaron Kent - littlevictories2012.blogspot.com said…
Earth, Fire, Air, Water...Magick?

Excellent concept an it is so beautifully executed. Amazing Read, Tash.
April 25, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Chris Lawrence said…
Magical and mystical presses all the right sensations with me
April 25, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Uneven Stephen said…
Fantastic! The elements have always fascinated me, and here you've given them life via magic with your poem.
April 25, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Semaphore said…
Since before the Greeks there has always been talk of a Fifth Element that surpasses the four elementals of earth, air, fire, and water. Interesting that you should weave that force around magick, and such an alchemical ode you do weave.
April 25, 2012 at 7:47 PM
Unknown said…
The forces of nature pull us into their circle and reveal so much about themselves, but more importantly about ourselves and our destiny. Your powerful words remind us of those rites that draw us into worlds beyond sense, into a knowing that blasts instrumental reason intomits proper sphere.
April 26, 2012 at 12:53 AM
Anonymous said…
This is an interesting way to consider just what we know Tash. I enjoyed the rhythmic flux.
April 26, 2012 at 2:40 AM
Unknown said…
I found this to be a lovely expression of the elements unique individuality tied with the thread of their necessary union to create harmony. ~ Rose
April 27, 2012 at 8:49 PM
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