Winter Blooms
Winter blooms
bleached of color
hide in plain sight
among the rocks
and soil
as they wait
for summer sun
that will breathe life
and color
back into the world
and shower
flower petals
with kisses
until they blush
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Gideon’s Challenge
Refreshed Moments
Sweet green
comes in fresh
with the melting
of snow and slush
as life renews
with promises
of more sunshine
and damp ground
and springtime walks
with clasped hands
and time spent
on the mossy ground
staring up
at the pictures
in the clouds
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🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Queen of Cups
Prompt: “Pull the Queen of Cups card from your deck(s). Compare the imagery between the card provided below and the card(s) from your own deck(s). How would you read them differently and why?“
The Wizard Tarot – For me, the imagery in this particular Queen of Cups is looking like a representation of the reversed meaning. Between her expression and the pouring of the cup into the water around her, it feels like this card’s sentiment is “cry me a river”. She appears so very tired of hearing other people’s feelings and emotions, and it feels never ending to her. In a reading, I would interpret this card as asking the querent if they haven’t perhaps been complaining overly much lately, perhaps to one person in their life in general, and suggest mixing things up by giving them some interaction that isn’t centered around unhappy emotions.
Fairy Tarot – The queen in this card’s imagery reminds me of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. She has the potential to be warm and sweet, but there’s a cunning in her eyes that makes you wonder what she’s up to. Just as she has that capability of sweet, she has the capability of getting too wrapped up in her own emotions and desires and thus become selfish. This card asks you to look at those around you that you perceive as being selfish… what is it that they are lacking? What is it they need in order to balance things out and become caring and supportive people again?
The Mythical Creatures Tarot of Orient – Emotions are often chaotic and wild, the clash and bang around like the sea in the imagery of this card, always moving and often violent. And yet, here we see the Queen of Cups holds steady the jade vase, even among the chaos of the storm. Others, smaller and less steady come to her for stability, and she can provide that for them as well. This card promises emotional stability in the face of chaos, and suggests seeking out those in your life that provide that touch stone for you.
City Labyrinth Tarot – Here a woman sits, quiet and reserved with a glass of wine, as if waiting to chat. I see here an encouragement to share your feelings with those that will listen and be emotionally supportive to you. Sometimes, the easiest way to sort out one’s feelings is to talk about them with someone else.
DECK USED: WIZARD TAROT, FAIRY TAROT, MYTHICAL CREATURES TAROT OF ORIENT, CITY LABYRINTH TAROT
Gideon’s Challenge
The Tides
Each day slips
in and out
like tides
breathing life
into eddies
picked over
by seagulls
and each day
that passes
leaves us
picking over
the remnants
again and again
seeking the good
tasty bits
and leaving the rest
behind
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Gideon’s Challenge
Spring is Coming
A moment’s pause
to breathe in deep
of fresh moist air
cool and sweet
scented of pine
and cedar boughs
as the quiet
soaks in
winter’s end
slips into spring
and impatience comes
to see everything
from fuzzy moss
to winter red tips
and brand new buds
and little green bits
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Gideon’s Challenge
Together
Lets float along
just you and I
for a little while
together
as the currents
of life
wash by
in ebb and flow
and we let
the world
spin on
without our
interference
or protest
Twisting the Leaf 