Time to join in Ronovan’s Haiku challenge. This week the key words are Bard and Water.
Here are my two poems.
The stained glass is by Edward Burne-Jones
Enchantment
Honey tongued the Bard
singing his spells false seemings
water turns to wine
In two lines this gives:
Honey-tongued, the Bard singing his spells, false seemings.
Singing his spells, false seemings, water turns to wine.
Sea Wolves
Charm the waters, Bard
with spells beyond the ninth wave
bloody sea wolves hold.
In two lines:
Charm the waters, Bard, with spells beyond the ninth wave.
With spells beyond the ninth wave, bloody sea wolves hold.
Jane Dougherty Writes 
These are very good Jane. Now it could have been Bard and Lodgings. ๐
Or Bard and Breakfest. I think it should have been Water and Bard, I unintentionally went with the subliminal funny.
Subliminal works for me every time. I love Bard and Breakfast. ๐
Reblogged this on Captainยดs Log.
Thanks for reblogging, Andrea ๐
The stained glass is beautiful, and that second poem is my kind of thing entirely ๐
Thank you! I used to think the Pre-Raphs were cheesy, but I appreciate them more and more these days.
I like them, full of magic!
Thank you, Elizabeth: that’s the bard factor ๐
I wish I knew some Spanish! At least I can say GRACIAS ๐
The “ninth wave”? Very Bushian, very dark
It’s a reference to the ninth wave in Celtic mythology. Enemies are held back by enchantment beyond the ninth wave, the sea god prevents mortals venturing beyond the ninth wave etc. It’s a magic number. Thank you for reblogging!
Who is the Bush you refer to? Excuse my ignorance, but I’m intrigued ๐
Yes, a theme shared by Anglo-Irish singer songwriter Kate Bush for as part of her acclaimed Hounds of Love album, 30 years ago this year: -)
Reblog: you very welcome: -)
I don’t know much about Kate Bush. I remember the song about Wuthering Heights but that’s about all ๐
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Two enticing maritime haiku greatly enjoyed from Jane D ๐