By Guest on Sunday, October 5, 2003 - 03:27 am:
Happy Samhain 2003 everyone!
By Celt on Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 04:08 am:
Samhain do we get to post our costume choices for this year? *ducks*
By Guest on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 02:44 am:
Does anyone have any original poems to post for Samhain 2003?
Nyles!
By Silk on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 04:12 am:
Er...y'did say "ANY", didn't you Nyles...???
"I need a Pea" ~ an Original by Silk
I think that I
Should like to be
A pea pod shell
Floating on the sea
I'd cross wide oceans
and feel quite smart
and people would know
I have a Braveheart
The sea could be
Untamed and rough
And I, a wee pea pod
Would simply smile and laugh
For as hard as it battered
and tossed me about
I'd float to the surface
Wi' a fearless shout
I'm not a Galleon
Or a rigged out Clipper
I'm a wee pea pod
And I am my own Skipper
I cannot see
Above the waves
They're 40 foot Monsters
Guarding Watery Graves
I know if I float
And master this flow
I just might avoid Man's
Blue Black under tow
Yes! I'm a little pea pod
The Castaway kind
I love adventure
And know my own Mind
As as far...
As pea pods do go
I wasn't meant to stay
In a garden on show
For Oim a "wild" pea pod
Bright green is my skin
And I have other plans
Aside from being tossed in the bin!
By Celt on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 08:00 pm:
wonderful imagery, Silk. Reminds me of the old story about the sturdy oak which snapped in the wind while the bending willow survived...
By Silk on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 09:50 pm:
*s* Thanks Celt. I know it has a somewhat 'childish' air, but it tackles deeper issues ~ yes, I see the similarity to the oak/willow moral clearly. I've been tinking aboot a 'proper' one fer Samhain, and it's in there, by golly...just simmerin' away, as these things do. :)
By Brian on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 04:49 am:
Some one was asking about where Jack-o-Lanterns came from? Believe the Irish used to carve them from turnips or rutabagas...when they went to America they discovered pumpkins, which were surely easier to work with; bigger,and in many ways superior to the turnip.Pumpkin pie or turnip pie...which would you prefer, eh? Also I believe there is a legend about some fellow named Jack who had some dealings with the devil and was condemned to wander between heaven and hell with only a lamp to light his way. Lot's of Samhain and Halloween info here www.obrienclan.com/halloween/halloween-1.htm Halloween is catching on here in Mexico and there is a sort of social backlash from certain sectors who don't want the youngsters to become "Americanized". I try to educate people that the local Day of the Dead and Halloween are very similar in their origins and in the way the Church christianized both festivals.
By Cadnoess on Monday, November 3, 2003 - 10:54 am:
Hi
The story I heard was that they're meant to scare away unwelcome spirits when the veils part and the land of the dead is close for samhain night.