How to Grow a Grimoire

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Find true mosses; 
sphagnum, feathered fern, 
haircap, broom and star; 
ask them to teach you 
the etymology of rock, 
tree bark and soil

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Listen for myceleal melodies, 
become sensor; 
let instinct guide your pen
and write into the subtle shifts:
when first bud breaks, 
when last leaf falls,
when moon is just past full

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Scribe your spells in indigo ink, 
watch your pages soften in the rain;
welcome mildew stains 
that reveal spiraled incantations, 
flowing like water, potent and fluid

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Learn the lexicon of light; 
seek the hidden truths of words; 
expose and reject 
their racist and colonial roots, 
then watch your writing sprout 
and grow its own wild nuance and metaphor

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Music Pairing: We Didn’t Know We Were Ready (feat. Ye Vagabonds and Niamh Regan – Talos and Ólafur Arnalds, 2025

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This poem was conceived and grown organically from my own unique human experience, thoughts, efforts, knowledge and research.

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May these words bring truth and healing
through open hands and hearts. And then,
let it flow back into our Mother Earth
for the love of all her beings.