Frog Prince
There is no easy exchange At the lake of disremembering Where the pilgrim stones Poke sharp
Deirdre Gleeson
On Hope
Sometimes it seems easier not to have hope. Hope after all needs a degree of vulnerability to germinate & take root.
Water Alchemy
In the pitch of my wintering
My earth yearns
For the push and burn
Of your green unfurl
Through my velvet dark
Moonsong
Moonsong We stared so longSwayed by your hidingAnd sliding into light. We named you goddess,Asked your silver lampTo show the wax and waneOf our own darkness We did not knowWhat was lostIn that momentWhen telescope told usYou were just cold…
Collage as a Discovery Tool
Collage as a Discovery Tool Collage as a Discovery Tool A good friend reintroduced me to collaging a while back. She uses it for vision boarding— to set intention, call in supporting energies and manifest her future life. Her collage…
Prayer to Medusa
Prayer to Medusa My beautiful MedusaRaped and hurled from templeLet your voice be heard again When movement feelsToo tender, too monstrousIt is saferTo be stone-maker.No suffering thereJust a still acheAnd bony grey dreams Show me your bruises and your breaksLet…
A Word for the New Year
A Word for the New Year As we come to the end of another year, there’s always a temptation to assess — to weigh and to measure ourselves: not just to look what happened this year, but also to check…
I Have Dropped Out Of Magic
I Have Dropped Out Of Magic I have dropped out of magic—Just for a little while, I’d saidAs I scraped the shimmer from my wingsAnd fell into my thickening *** I have dropped out of magicLike some punch-drunk HoudiniWho forgot…
Meet Deirdre Gleeson
Deirdre Gleeson Hi, I’m Deirdre… I’m figuring out things as I go along… I like writing, energy work, sacred plants, collaging, the aha moments when I start to understand my own patterns, sitting in circle, letting things breathe. I also…