\u201cMy Witchcraft Is\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nMy witchcraft is messy, unable to be contained in pristine neat rows and tidy jars.
\nBut it has a precise pattern, an order woven unto itself.
\nMy witchcraft lives within\u00a0the hum of the bones of a city.
\nIt also\u00a0dwells in the decaying depths of the forests.<\/p>\n
My witchcraft is rooted\u00a0in memories, myths, and stories.
\nYet I am ever\u00a0looking toward the folklore of the future.
\nMy witchcraft talks to gods in many forms.
\nHowever, the magick depends not on the gods to function.<\/p>\n
My witchcraft speaks to connections between beings.
\nIts roots\u00a0curl within the wild of my own heart.
\nMy witchcraft is a gathering of spirits.
\nThe witch always walks alone.<\/p>\n
My witchcraft\u00a0dances in circles.
\nWitchery\u00a0knows no borders, edges, or bounding lines.
\nMy witchcraft chants, sings, cries, screams, moans, and whispers.
\nAnd it\u00a0revels in listening to perfect silence.<\/p>\n
My witchcraft is a science of fur and bones, rocks and feathers, blood and flowers.
\nIts makeup\u00a0is a mystery of metal and circuits, electricity upon\u00a0concrete.
\nMy witchcraft curates a collection\u00a0of parts, bits, pieces, and ephemera.
\nYet, its practice\u00a0requires nothing of the physical to do its work.<\/p>\n
My witchcraft is a honed skill, a craft, an art, a vocation, and a practice.
\nIt is born within: natural, metaphysical, and spiritual.
\nMy witchcraft is a weathered and worn\u00a0tableau of lines and marks, sigils, and symbols.
\nIt is also a blank and empty page:\u00a0new, fresh,\u00a0open and waiting.<\/p>\n
My witchcraft is my thumbprint upon the world.<\/p>\n
My witchcraft is my own.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Laura Tempest Zakroff<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m currently on the road for my book tour, but I decided to take a few moments to revisit this poem I wrote last year, and change its structure a bit. \u201cMy Witchcraft Is\u2026\u201d My witchcraft is messy, unable to be contained in pristine neat rows and tidy jars. But it has a precise pattern, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2676,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[26,109,27,107,7,4,138],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-myth-and-folklore","tag-pagan","tag-poem","tag-polytheist","tag-traditional-witchcraft","tag-witch","tag-witchcraft","tag-witchery"],"yoast_head":"\n
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