The Druid's Spell Poem by Laurence Overmire

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In the rising fires of year upon year
A witches' brew of words
Taking flight in hob-gob fantasy

O the spirit conjured
Soars
Far beyond this earthly veil

Mastering at last
The cunning depths of gargoyled nature

Hail! You harbingers of the Great Dark
Mystery

The night enraptured by the day
Seize the wand from these gnarled fingers
Cast your spell in the ancient tongue

This is the rite, avaunt the wrong
The flesh falling
The dream revealed

A sparkle of dust to sweep the floor.

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland, Indelible Mark Publishing)