Hostel
your hostel
its entrance in the countryside
its contents beyond this world
vast cauldron furnishes
every sumptuous feast
wild garlic leek
joints of tender calf
salt butter dissolves
in simmering oats
pluck of harp and lyre
mesmerizing voice
games by hearthfire’s glow
enrich the hours of night
a happy ageless comely place
where travellers rest
on wooden couch
and fine wool cloak
no sudden transformations
on their return without
young men turned to dust
as ages skirr
Brigit smiles on all her guests
hears their many tales
comforts them
and guides them on their way
Copyright: Casey June Wolf (2015)
Image: Maedoc book-cover, Ireland, circa 1000 AD. The earliest unambiguous depiction of an Irish harp. Attribution: Sea horn at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
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