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Herne
Issue 10 Spring 2009

by Jacqui Woodward-Smith

Flashing fire and thundering hooves
Wild hunt across the skies
Sunrise between Your antlers
Moon reflected in Your eyes

Banished to the world of dreams
To ancient pathways, forest streams
But in the city I feel You pounding
On streets of steel Your bellow sounding

You are ever deep inside me
Your pulsing blood within to guide me
Evergreen and faithful lover
With you beside I need no other

Our freedom rare, our wildness claimed
Your raging heart, our blood untamed
Your peace is deep, Your footsteps sure
My passions strong, Your love is pure

My Goddess soul rises to meet You
Each pulsing heartbeat aches to greet You
And when I see Your ancient smile within my lover’s eyes
I know that I will find a place with no more pain or lies

Flashing fire and thundering hooves
Wild hunt across the skies
Sunrise between Your antlers
Moon reflected in Your eyes

Jacqui Woodward-Smith (January/February 2004)


Jacqui Woodward-Smith

Jacqui Woodward-Smith is a Priestess of Avalon, trained in Glastonbury and living in London. She facilitates the group Tribe of Avalon, which meets to connect to and celebrate the ancient British Goddesses through the festivals in the Wheel of the Year and the turning of the moon. She is passionate about connecting to the land as sacred, particularly in London, and about working to heal the wounds to the Sacred Feminine in all of us. She is a writer and a poet and has given many talks in London about the Goddess and the sacred land. She is a director both of the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and of the Southwark Mysteries, a community arts organisation which offers creative ways for people to respond and interact with their inner-city environment. She is also a Pagan Prison Chaplain. She can be contacted at Avalon@pflondon.org.

 

 

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