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Deirdre Gleeson

Deirdre Gleeson

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

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 Deirdre Gleeson

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

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…