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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Spirits, hobs, nymphs, sylphs ~~ a Poem, mixed and matched and melded




(Thinking of the night just ended, futile
  Futility, chasing demons away) 

Spirits, troubled, 

 Spirits, troubled, live in the tree 
Dead tree, home for hobs and sylphs 
The nymps emerge, happy they dance 
While the spirits broil in the tree 

 Nymph mother and spirit father 
Hollowed this tree hallowed it be 
The sylps renew and cleanse by night 
While the hobs roam spreading doom 

 Spirit father, nymph mother, they 
Meld, mold them by pairs, life goes on 
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Poem copyright , 2016 Jimmiehov, All rights reserved

 I'm linked with Brendan at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Sunday Mini-challenge:  Charms
http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2016/09/sunday-mini-challenge-charms.html
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12 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorSunday, September 11, 2016 4:54:00 AM

    I like to think of trees as having guardian spirits in them.

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  2. AnonymousSunday, September 11, 2016 5:55:00 AM

    All this going on while we were elsewhere asleep, gone when we wake. Thanks for bringing these spirits home.

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  3. brudbergSunday, September 11, 2016 9:59:00 AM

    There is nothing more likely to be magic than the hollow of a tree.

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  4. Other MarySunday, September 11, 2016 2:07:00 PM

    I like the "mix, match, meld" in the title and the poem..

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  5. AnonymousMonday, September 12, 2016 5:47:00 AM

    Trees are magical

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  6. Stacie EirichMonday, September 12, 2016 8:51:00 AM

    Jim, of course I'm ready to join the dance of nymphs -- but why are the spirits of the trees troubled? They are the old, ever-present protectors of the forest -- where other creatures of night make their homes. Thanks for sharing some whimsy. :-)

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  7. OutlawyerMonday, September 12, 2016 11:52:00 AM

    Ah--sounds pretty great to me, I love that sense of father mother spirit. k.

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  8. Gillena CoxMonday, September 12, 2016 1:03:00 PM

    Hmm even in the tree realm, there is character and personality. This is quite interesting, takes me back to my youthful fairy tales days

    much love...

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  9. Susie ClevengerMonday, September 12, 2016 3:55:00 PM

    There is science about how trees talk to one another. I like to think of them as guardians, of pairings.

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  10. Sherry Blue SkyMonday, September 12, 2016 6:54:00 PM

    "Hollowed this tree, hallowed it be...." I love this incantation, Jim.

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  11. Sherry Blue SkyTuesday, September 13, 2016 9:47:00 AM

    Jim, I am amazed at the quote you quoted in your comment on my poem. "God is the white fairy who can make wars cease." I had no idea such magical lines were in the Bible and am thrilled to know it. Thanks so much. I think I should do more Bible reading.

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  12. Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little PencilWednesday, September 14, 2016 4:32:00 PM

    Jim, this is fanciful! Trees do, I believe, have spirits and relationships with one another. The Tibetan monks have been known to give old-growth trees the title of monk, so they cannot be cut down. Thanks for this, and thx for stopping by my blog. Sorry i have not been back until now! Amy

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