RCG-I Seasonal Salon Spring Equinox 2010
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Spring Equinox 2010 Salon Home Page Approaches to the Study of Goddess Myths and Images Part IV How Walking, Giving Birth, and Befriending Others Made Us Human |
Dancing On the Fourth Line: A Selection of Vernal Equinox Diamantesby Laura KeefeWinter Soil Crone About a year ago I taught a class on poetry at my WTI group’s Advisory Weekend. One of the poetry styles that I shared with our group is called the diamante. For those readers who may not be familiar with diamante poetry, it is a diamond shaped poem that often (but not always) illustrates the metamorphosis from one subject to its opposite. The first half of an antonym-based diamante contains words referring to the original subject. The last half of the poems contains words that refer to said subject’s antonym. But there is one line, the fourth line, that contains language about both subjects. This is the line that I feel contains the most magick, and I have a real affinity toward it. As I was considering sending in a submission to the Salon, I started thinking about the Vernal Equinox. In nature, I feel that at this time of year in particular it is easy to see the balance and beauty in opposites. As we receive our seed catalogues in the mail, sometimes we still need to chip the ice off of our mail boxes to get to them. We are still tired after a long winter of incubating ideas, yet we are bursting at the seams ready to share our new creations with the world. Here in Wisconsin, Springtime is the moment when we Wisconsinites often sport one of our most unusual fashions: A sweatshirt with shorts. We never quite know what the day will bring, weather-wise! Springtime is when we are at the precipice of major change, wonderful change. It is here, that we are the brilliant crocus pushing up through the crystalline snow. It is here, dear sisters, that we are dancing on the fourth line. |
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