Walpurgis Night Poem by Tom Billsborough

Light the beacons on the fells.
Let the Beltane fires blaze
Like cockerel combs as red as dawn.
Dress the hallowed wells
With yellow flowers, broom and mallow!
Raise the maypole with its trimmings
Dance around it in a circle,
Singing anthems as you spin
To greet the Queen of May,
Our mistress on this holy day.
Lead the cattle by their reins
Between the flickering flames
Of purifying fires.
Leap across them, those who dare.
Bring out the crystal ball
And those who wish may peer
Into its heart and reveal to all
The images they see.
Be they joyful, Blessed be.