by Daniel Cohen | Dec 5, 2024 | Poems
Birdsong Between Two Worlds Here? There!There? Here!Not-here? Not-there!Not-there? Not-here!Hereorthere? Thereorhere!Where?Hereandhtere, thereandhere. Wood and Water 75, Summer 2001© Daniel... by Daniel Cohen | Dec 5, 2024 | Poems
Socialist Feminism, 1911 Style The poem below was one of a series of poems for my mother, Amy Herbert, by David Isaacs, a family friend. It was written in 1911 (when she was six).That her doll would be a suffragette might be taken for granted. The reason her... by Daniel Cohen | Dec 5, 2024 | Poems
Invocation to Nimue Nimue, Dark One, Lady of magic and enchantment,From your home in the Forest of Broceliande, come to us.Nimue, Light One, Lady of hawthorn and all blossoming trees,From your home in the Forest of Broceliande, come to us.Nimue, chooser of all... by Daniel Cohen | Dec 5, 2024 | Poems
Merlin In the region of the summer starsThe journeyer rests awhile.The wheel turns, as it always does.Returning to earth, he takes form again.Salmon, dove, hare, grain.Otter, hawk, hound, hen pursue.The child is born, the wind is fresh.The young lad smells the nearby... by Daniel Cohen | Dec 5, 2024 | Poems
Invocation to Hecate (on the first full moon 1979) Lady, I call on you,Not as a summoning,But declaring “I am here.”And though I fear I am not ready,And though if I am ready I still fear,Yet I ask you to come.For until I face your mirror of shadowsAnd seeing my...
