Writing Brigit


Writing Brigit

Many years ago I wrote my first Brigit prayer. Poem. Blessing... I have been writing them ever since, but seldom publish them. Some are carefully researched and crafted, some are simple and straight from the heart. (Belated update: I did eventually publish a book called A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars. It contains many of my Brigit poems and prayers, essays, and resources.)

The prayers and blessings of my sisters in the Daughters of the Flame and other Brigit-loving women and men, living and long-dead, fill me with surprise and delight, as well.

I would like to share some of these writings with you.

Following is the one that signs off each of my emails, a reminder to guide my words and intentions with care when I write to anyone. It's as good a place to start as any.


Flame Offering

In the name of the three Brigits

I light the candle of my heart

May I offer it to everyone

gentle and steady

warm and bright



30 April 2024

"Dán do Bhríd (Poem for Brigid)” by The Morning Starling

 


Dán do Bhríd (Poem for Brigid)

 

so you give Bríd the mother goddess a day

and you say hip hip hooray

put in the same breath you talk behind

closed doors

culling our cattle for a lie

and then the same breath you let

technological experiments take lives

and in the same breath

you put neurotoxins in our water supply

and in the same breath

you fill our land and our water

we pesticides

and in the same breath

you block out our sunlight

and all that you do is affecting future

Generations fertility

true

but you give Bríd a day and you say hip

hip hooray

good thing

goddesses

don't take holidays

 

Image and credit: From The Morning Starling’s YouTube channel. The photo of the artist is a screenshot.

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