Whisper, Corn Mother.
Call my feet to fallow fields.
Fill my hands with seed.
Teach me, Corn Mother,
songs of earth and second sight
to tend the growing.
Bless me, Corn Mother,
in the ripening of this
furrowed, fertile womb.
According to Cherokee legend, the First Woman is the Corn Mother, goddess of the corn.
Haiku Challenge: Day 2
25 comments:
"Fill my hands with seed" will be my prayer, thanks to you. Amen.
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Hi, I really like the poem. I must confess that I found the graphic a bit distracting, because it's such a really profound sort of poem and the graphic is a bit pop. (I'm the last to talk as my graphics are very pop and silly regardless of poem.) I really like the poem though. K.
Hi, I really like the poem. I must confess that I found the graphic a bit distracting, because it's such a really profound sort of poem and the graphic is a bit pop. (I'm the last to talk as my graphics are very pop and silly regardless of poem.) I really like the poem though. K.
I enjoyed reading this ... our Native American brothers and sisters appreciated all of Mother Nature's gifts with reverence!
Beautiful
Cool. I'm all about the Divine Feminine.
I don't think I will survive everybody doing haikus all month, though. It's been nice knowing you, MZ!
Excellent
The Haiku's just awesome...loved it...:)
really like your verse...the progression from the seed int he first to the womb in the last...nice...
Always good to get your hands filled with seeds and your feet in the furrows, imo. And to thank the Mother of us all.
What a wonderful haiku poem...
What a wonderful trio of haikus. They were so well-done, the format was not even apparent until I read Fireblossom's comment (I know she ADORES haikus ;)
Love this - thanks! you put it perfectly.
Beautiful!
I think it is amazing that modern women can still feel the connection to these ancient female deities.
i like...this is full of warmth, richness and fertility..
You do haiku so well. I love the progression of these three.
You do haiku so well. I love the progression of these three.
I love myth. really nice job here, glad to see another haiku treat, now that makes two this week:)
Beautiful haiku, Mama Zen. I think you captured her essence perfectly.
I really like this. It reads like a beautiful prayer.
Is it that time of year already? I need to order my fertilizer and start looking over seed catalogs. Not for corn, though. Not enough land to pull that off. *Sigh*
Please forgive the redundancy, but once again, your work in uniformly excellent.
:) Thanks
That's beautifully said Zen.. and Amen to your Haiku.. PS: Day 1 is still open, try writing for Day 1 too..
Someone is Special
The visual all but put me off, but the poem drew me in. I could relate to the feelings behind it.
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