Today's Earth Prayer

I want to lie down in dappled leaf-shade,

In quivering shadows of quivering leaves—

        be they oak, be they maple,

        be they elm or birch,

I want to rest in the play of shadows

        over my reclining form,

The massage of shadows

        which consoles me in its way,

Restores for me

        with whatever restoration

Flickering shadows of leaves afford—

        be they willow or aspen,

        be they poplar or beech,

I want to be caressed by shadows

        of wavering leaves,

Soothed off to sleep

        feeling the gentle breeze,

Looking up at the rustling

        sun-drenched crown—

Be it basswood, be it chestnut,

Be it walnut or hickory,

        after all is said,

        after all is done.

This is the way

I would die.

 

        –Antler

Literary Meme...

Borrowed from rhiastarr, who got it from phoenixw, who got it from...

Instructions: Take one list of authors, remove those whose efforts do not grace your shelves and bring the list up to ten by adding some more that do. New paragraph indicates newly-added authors.


William Shakespeare
R.J. Stewart
Terry Pratchett
Carl Kerenyi
Laurell K. Hamilton
Christopher Moore
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
Neil Gaman

P.L. Travers
Geoffrey Chaucer

Rhia, it's really kinda scary how many authors I have in common with you...although I think it may be your fault that Laurell K. Hamilton is on my list. :)