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Issue 17 Summer 2011
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by Dora Wright
 The four winds bow before her
she rules the moon and tides
the stars that light the evening sky
the morning sun she rides.
She spreads her arms before her
casting seeds on earth below
a bounty of fruit and flowers
and fish where waters flow. She places clouds to bring forth rain
the sun to bring forth heat
animals and insects too
to live beneath her feet. Her world She fills with beauty
great mountains to the sky
oceans deep from pole to pole
birds to fly on high. She creates both man and woman
with blessings from above
gives children to complete us
to fill her world with love.
©DW 2011 |
Dora Wright |
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| My name is Dora Wright, I am sixty four years old, have now been with my partner Jim for 16 years.
I have only recently taken up writing poetry and find it so theraputic getting all my thoughts and feelings down on paper. I have taken to it like a duck to water and enjoy writing different types of poems. I have also written two short children's stories and have gotten a lot of pleasure from that.
I live near Loch Lomond, which is a place of ever changing beauty, from the loch itself to the surrounding hills and glens, not forgetting Ben Lomond, which I can see from my bedroom window every morning.
I am an avid reader and get through at least 6-10 books a week.. I also do oil paintings and have sold quite a few. But since joining The Pen & Ink writing group the year, I'm afraid I have rather put that to one side to concentrate on the poetry.I hope to keep going with the writing and perhaps get some more things published.
I have only recently started reading about the Goddess culture and am finding it a really interesting subject, one that I think a lot of women can relate to. I think as women we should be kinder to one another and try to get more in touch with ourselves and everything about us. We live in a beautful world, but how many people actually stand and appreciate the beauty they see on a day to day basis? not enough I would say...lets try and and become more at one with the earth and beauty around us, let it seep in to our souls and energise our beings. | |
