Blodeuwedd

by Bill Lewis


Both ninth wave and ninth particle,

I am a quantam mechanic of

flowers and feathers.

I am made negative or positive

by the politics of fashion.

My thighs are Bronze Age riddles

that whisper as I walk at a pitch

only lovers and poets perceive.

Like a warning of seven

notches cut into bark,

I am a duality of alphabets

in constant flight and flux,

tree-ogham

/bird-ogham

bird-ogham

/tree-ogham.

Sap sings in my belly,

warm as a nest full of down.

I Blodeuwedd am clothed in the

long memory of the bluebells

on a dawn grey as owl pellets

when men and women embrace trees

to protect them from

bulldozers and earth movers.












About the Author:
Bill Lewis is a writer, artist, teacher, and performance artists from Kent, England. For more information, visit his Endicott bio page. The poem is based on a tale from the Welsh mythic story cycle The Mabinogion.

Copyright © 1996 by Bill Lewis. The poem first appeared in The Wine of Connecting, published by Lazerwolf Press. It may not be reproduced in any form without the author’s express written permission.

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