NMR ISSUE 29

An Urban Wicca
Astrological Forecast 29
Editorial 29
Flamingo, Centipede & Falcon
Gratitude
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Mari
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Outing Children
Spirit of the Night
The Goddess of Writing Speaks
The Magical Flute
The Magickal Diary
The Split Between Spirit and Nature

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Spirit of the Night

By Yasmine F. Galenorn

Dark of the Moon
waning Moon
stars burn overhead
a million suns glowing in the night.
Nasturtiums creep across my sidewalk
they didn't think I'd see them.
A faerie hides behind the geraniums
the first time in years they've bloomed
and a spider crawls up the rosebush,
buds opening to Pan's Argentine pipes,
and another
and another,
Agriope heaven.
They rear, legs wide, when I
reach out and shiver their webs.
It is dark of the night
and I am aware,
soft vision playing strong.
I want to run into the woods
and make love to the Wild Man,
King of the Heather.
Ylang Ylang intoxicates my soul,
the scent riding the wind from
half-a-world away.
Spirit of the Night,
sweep me up in lunacy
and bathe me in the dreams
of the Sleeping Summer King.

—Yasmine Feasil Galenorn