Thursday, 25 September 2014

A Ring of Love: an Extract from an Epic Poem

     The poem, A Ring of Love, is an extract from a much larger work, IN THE PATHS OF MYRDDIN WYLLT . . . a 9,400 word epic poem concerning the sixth century legendary Welsh bard and poet, Myrddin Wyllt; a forerunner of the famous Merlin of the medieval legends of King Arthur. More on this later! But the unpublished manuscript of this epic poem is available to those who would like to read it. (Contact author and request via email: 
 arielaevans@gmail.com 

      To reach out, to give beautiful words new every day from the inner wells, was my longing...words through an inner fullness speaking light. The outflow of living waters from the midst of me was unending; and I longed to share from out of the treasures of my experience the living truth which fires the creativity in my life. There was just so much to share. So much to tell of the beginnings of Amethyst Poetry. But before I could begin to unravel further the saga of my writing life, the following came, written today . . . 



Veiled Realms of Swiftlight 

Out of the things which were first, the greater part of purple palaces
Inner castles graced with ivory towers and the amaranth within
The amethyst flowerets mystic pale with milky light 
All fused with royal red and blue
Casting from the windows of my sight
The firstling things I have within
To speak instead in silent gems of the veiled realms of swiftlight
Of the breaking parts of faith that slowly fill with love and unravel here

Out of the things which were second, the amaranthine tumbling spires
From which my inner-writing banners flew
Out from my highest tower, my hooded tercel tossed skyward
Flung from a soft gloved hand
Set free to gather its beloved prey, and return to me the longed for news 
That, from afar they would hear and in that oneness promised
Draw near and I would know that from today 
I was not alone



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