• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Black Horse SpiritBlack Horse Spirit

Cindy L. McGinley, MS, CHt, CCTP

  • About BHS
    • Our Mission
    • More About Cindy
    • Our Equine Assistants
    • About the BHS Logo
  • Services
    • SpiritedScience® Essential Keys
    • FAQs
    • Event Calendar
    • Publications
  • Contact
  • Black Horse Blog

January 23, 2015 by Cindy McGinley

Today’s Poetry Selection: “Blodeuwedd”

Great-Horned-Owl-Landing-8[1]The owls hooting outside my window on these long, dark winter nights reminded me of this poem, which is based on a tale from the Welsh Mabinogi. You can find this selection and many of my other poems in the collection “Purple Roses & Other Poems,” available through Amazon.com.  This Wikipedia entry summarizes the story: Blodeuwedd. I include it here so that those with no knowledge of the tale may better understand the poem.

Blodeuwedd

The wind sighs through the browning, brittle leaves
dark and withered under threatening sky
The owl calls ‘who?’; her question pierces
the heart and soul of this lonely place.
We know her, this lady called Blodeuwedd
the flower-face, Hag-Maiden of the Night
she queries us with the age-old questions,
plaintively asking us who we are.
We barely fathom the place she lingers,
balanced upon the threshold of forever,
begging response and calling out riddles,
the answers as elusive as she.
How can we know Blodeuwedd’s lonely plight,
vanquished to haunt the shadows forever,
slipping through mists on flowery wings,
remembering Lleu once called her his queen?
Meadowsweet, with her brightly blazing eyes
peering through the night, penetrating stare.
Gwydion’s wrath might seem justice, but
who can know the heart of a flower?

© 1999, C. Leigh McGinley

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Reader Interactions

Primary Sidebar

Schedule a Discovery Call

Request Appointment

Stay in Touch

Contact Cindy

Cindy L. McGinley, MS, CHt, CCTP, MHC-LP

132 Albany St., Suite M-2B
Cazenovia, NY 13035

and

528 Oak St.
Syracuse, NY 13203

All hours by appointment only

(315) 304-3837
info@blackhorsespirit.com

Recent Blog Posts

  • Blessings of the Quiet
  • New! Walk-and-Talk Counseling
  • PTSD in Men vs Women
  • Interview with Cindy About Equine-Assisted Counseling
  • “Lockdown” — by Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM

Events Calendar

« February 2021 » loading...
M T W T F S S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

Join Me on Facebook

If You Feel Called to Help Support Our Horses & the Important Work They Do:

©2021 Cindy McGinley & Black Horse Spirit. All Right Reserved. Privacy Policy

Site by: Dawud Miracle, Business Coach & WordPress Websites

Black Horse Logo by: AmyLyn Bihrle