nature poetry – Moonzie Momma

From The Goddess Companion June 27

A woman embodying a Serbian nature goddess stands in a sunlit meadow beside a young oak sapling. She has long, wavy blonde hair resembling corn silk, white swan wings seamlessly attached to her arms, and two gray doves resting near her chest. The scene is set in a rolling Balkan landscape during a golden morning sunrise.

~June 27 Think of a sapling grown in morning sun.Think of its strength: that is the goddess. Think of corn silk: that is her hair.Think of matched jewels: those are her eyes. Think of swan’s wings: her hands.Think of gray doves: her breasts. Think of how sweet pigeons coo: now […]

From The Goddess Companion May 4

A young girl with a pink and white rose crown twirling in a sun-drenched meadow at the edge of a lush green forest.

~May 4 Little May Rose, turn around, turn around!Little May Rose,we watch you turn round!Rose of the May, come away, come away,Rose of the May, to the woods, come away.How merry we are, as the season closes, how merry we go from May to the roses. -Alsacian folksong of spring […]

From The Goddess Companion April 9

A watercolor illustration of the Lithuanian sun goddess Saule sitting in a blooming spring meadow, plaiting a straw sieve that holds shimmering rainwater. Beside her stands her young daughter, dressed in a translucent veil of dew and a wreath of green leaves.

April 9 What is my goddess making?Saule is plaiting a sieve, a basket in which to sift the spring rain.Look! Her little daughter is dressed in a garment of dew. Her fair hair is hidden beneath a white veil and over the veil is a wreath her mother wove of […]