Month for Loki: Sixteen
A Repetitive Prayer to Loki,
by Greystonegreys
Hail Loki, Mother of Monsters
Speaker of truths and chaos
Shifter of blame and power
Trickster, World-breaker
Hail!
Defy with me!
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A life in threes
Tag: sometimes I just need poetry
July 20, 2025
July 20, 2025
True
Just to be clear
I don’t want to get out
without a broken heart.
I intend to leave this life
so shattered
there’s gonna have to be a thousand
separate heavens
for all of my separate parts.
– Andrea Gibson
Rip 🤍🕊
13 August 1975 – 14 July 2025
If you know me, you may notice that I love poetry.
All sorts of poetry.
But I’d never heard of Andrea Gibson, nor was I familiar with any of their poetry until yesterday.
Gods, I’d wish that I’d had, because my social feeds flooded with the beauty of their words yesterday.
But I suppose that is the way that it is, isn’t it?
And it seems a shame that I did not know of their existence until yesterday.
July 15, 2025
Month for Loki: Fourteen
LOKI’S GIFTS
Hail Loki, honour to Loki
To Sif you gave her golden hair;
You have given me renewal.
Honour to the Son of Laufey.
To Thor you gave Mjolnir;
You have given me strength in the face of my enemies.
Hail Loki, honour to Loki
To Frey you gave Skinbladnir;
You have borne me over mighty gulfs.
Honour to the Son of Laufey.
To Frey you gave Gullinbursti;
You have been a radiance for me through the darkest times
Hail Loki, honour to Loki.
To Odin you gave Draupnir;
You have given me wealth uncounted.
Honour to the Son of Laufey.
To Odin you gave Gungnir;
You have given me victory.
Hail Loki, honour to Loki.
Honour to the fair One,
Honour to the cunning One,
Honour to the generous One,
Hail the Son of Laufey.
-by Mordant Carnival
(poem from ‘Be Thou My Hearth and Shield: Prayers in the Northern Tradition,’ Elizabeth Vongvisith, editor; Asphodel Press, Hubbardstown, MA, 2009; p. 124.)
(Artwork: Loki by irenhorrors)
July 4, 2025
Month for Loki: Four
So, usually on this day, I would have some sort of celebration.
A special meal, with barbecued meat, and several homemade sides, maybe even a special dessert.
And then, there’d be fireworks.
But not today.
Today I am anxious. Overthinking. Despairing of the future.
And this reminder came across my feed.
Perhaps I’d been an anxious overthinker around this time or during some other day in July…
But here is this poem, subtitled ‘breathe, said the wind’:
This definitely gives me some food for thought today.
July 2, 2025
Month for Loki: Two
Hail to the Mischievous One, the bringer of laughter
Hail to the Giver of Strange Gifts, the bringer of fortunate happenstance
Hail to the Mother of Monsters, the bringer of love to the forgotten and scorned
Bless and walk with us this day.
— ladybrythwensinclair, on tumblr
May 11, 2025
Mother’s Day 2025
Today is Mother’s Day.
So here is a poem by Jess Urlichs, that I had been saving to post today.
Enjoy!
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“I wonder who you were mum,
the you, before I was me.
Before the branches of you shook,
and gave me all the leaves.
Did the giving leave you breathless?
And then did you give some more?
Was there any left for you
In that cup to pour?
And when you gave me life
Did you live for yourself too?
Did you feel like a different person
when you entered a room?
And did you sacrifice a lot
all so you could have me?
I know you, but I wonder,
who you used to be.
Was I your making, and your mirror?
Did you hold me sometimes and cry?
Did the lion within you get stronger?
Or did it run away to die?
Mum I know your life began,
before I came along,
but did the rhythm of my breath
give your life a sweeter song?
And that flame that lives inside you,
did it flicker, or did it grow?
The lighthouse that guided me all these years,
that now lives in my bones.
I wonder these things now mum,
as I hold my babies close.
The way that I now matter to them,
is what matters to me the most.
Did you feel completely grounded?
But with a smile that had changed?
Did it shape all that you do, and more?
Did you too feel rearranged?
And though you were my person,
were you still your person too?
Was it like unstitching parts of us,
to get back some of you?
And lastly mum, as I sway here,
I think I understand
Just what it takes to be the moon,
the stars, and someone’s land.
But sometimes I wish, in a parallel world
I could visit for just one day.
Where you didn’t know me, or who I was,
and you didn’t know my name.
And I’d talk with you about all sorts,
your laughter like the sun,
and I’d recognise that smile
but with plans, so free and young.
And know you, just as I am now,
before your name was Mum.”
— Jess Urlichs
Book: Beautiful Chaos: https://www.jessicaurlichs.com/beautifulchaosbook
November 5, 2024
Courage
Today is November 5th.
Which happens to be Election Day in the United States this year.
Of course, I had some other things to say, but honestly?
I’m more than a little concerned, mostly because of the possibilities of the election.
Maybe I should be like my husband says, and not worry ’bout a thing
but as a woman in America
I do
and
I am.
But here’s this poem that came across my feed:
C O U R A G E
I hope you speak up
For yourself and for all
For those who feel worthless
And unheard and small
For the lost and the lonely
The ones with no voice
For those who fall silent
And those with no choice
For the last and the little
The unseen and unheard
The pushed out and hidden
Who don’t speak a word
The beaten and broken
The defeated and done
I hope you use your voice
When they feel they have none
I hope you speak up
Even if you’re afraid
And you may never know
Of the difference you made
Speak for women before you
The burnt and the brave
For those still to come
And ones we could not save.
~Laura Ding-Edwards
I am trying to remain hopeful.
Maybe you are too.
And if you haven’t already, I hope that you vote today.
That is all.
July 5, 2023
Month for Loki: Five
“Friend of Fire,
Bringer of Brightness,
You lead me through the dark,
a flickering flame from a distant candle.
When it goes out,
all feels abandoned,
my heart hurts,
but in the distance,
that flickering flame returns,
guiding me down a door I didn’t anticipate.
O’ Loki,
Blood-brother of Bǫlverkr,
I hail you for the lessons you’ve taught me,
and the warmth you’ve washed my woes away with.”
— hesy-bes
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