poem21 Mar 2016 08:55 am

Witch’s Lens by Sara Norja

By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2590826

My witchery awakens
with the rising season.
My winter-faded soul
gains strength with each day
we creep past the equinox.
The earth’s aching
with growth so I tie garlands
into my hair, go dazed-headed
from the light —

In this season
the ground-up remains of road-grit
turn into goblin-dust.
Aeroplanes on a clear star-night
become dragons, scales flashing.
I change too, shed my dull winter skin.

Yes: I see the world
through a witch’s lens.
It’s spring, and I awake. We awake.

Photo by I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2590826
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5 Responses to “Witch’s Lens by Sara Norja”

  1. on 22 Mar 2016 at 3:31 am   New poem: “Witch’s Lens” in Polu Texni | Such Wanderings | Sara Norja

    […] Read it here: “My witchery awakens / with the rising season.” […]

  2. on 10 Dec 2016 at 8:34 am   Award Eligibility 2016 | Such Wanderings | Sara Norja

    […] “Witch’s Lens” in Polu Texni. […]

  3. on 31 Dec 2016 at 4:15 am   2016 in review | Such Wanderings | Sara Norja

    […] (5) 02/2016 “Village Woman” in the Winter 2016 issue of Goblin Fruit. 03/2016 “Witch’s Lens” in Polu Texni. 06/2016 “After Selling Your Soul to the Trickster God” in Issue 59 of […]

  4. on 04 Sep 2024 at 7:13 am   2016 in review – Sara Norja | writer

    […] (5) 02/2016 “Village Woman” in the Winter 2016 issue of Goblin Fruit. 03/2016 “Witch’s Lens” in Polu Texni. 06/2016 “After Selling Your Soul to the Trickster God” in Issue 59 of […]

  5. on 04 Sep 2024 at 7:13 am   Award Eligibility 2016 – Sara Norja | writer

    […] “Witch’s Lens” in Polu Texni. […]

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