#kelpies
“…where a kelpie lived”
“A little below the bridge was a pool where a kelpie lived.”
-Sigrid Unset, Kristin Lavransdatter, p. 8
If you are blessed with a little back yard
The smallest of gardens, a bit of grass
Then you have pixies and fairies and sprites
They like you, but they’re awfully shy, you know
If in your garden there is a little pool
Even a dish of water for the cat
Then you have a tiny kelpie or two
(And they are much nicer than you’ve been told)
In flower and leaf and water and soft night air -
Oh, yes, there is sweet magic everywhere
Oct 10, 2019
Oct 10, 2019 at 11:52 AM UTC
Do not stop to dip your toes
or heaven knows to swim
in this sea of winds
where waves are whipped to horses ears
and tails of white among the foam
foolish child go home
retreat and walk no more
upon this wild and lonesome kelpie shore
Feb 5, 2023
Feb 5, 2023 at 2:49 AM UTC