Silent Muse Saturday MEET THE GOOD-WITCH FINCH

Silent Muse

Today is two days before the eve of all Hallows
Hallow'een

Time To Listen To Other Voices
The perfect moment to introduce
 a real witch who lives her full blooded,
brave, and enchanted life nurtured by nature

Annie Finch

The author of numerous books of poetry, translation,

and criticism. including Eve, Calendars,

The Encyclopedia of Scotland,
and
Among the Goddesses
An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams
Winner of the 2009 Robert Fitzgerald Award,

and a Fellow of the Black Earth Institute,
she directs the Stonecoast MFA program
at the University of Southern Maine.
I love the book, and her blogspot
http://www.blogger.com/profile/09874209585098408777
She doesn't blog that often, but when she does, it's well

worth paying attention.  Her intelligence illuminates.

and
You may also find this Wiki Profile
as interesting as I did
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Finch

Annie Finch Reads
"Landing Under Water, I See Roots"
"Final Autumn","Chain of Women"
and "Butterfly Lullaby"
from her book Calendars 

on the Poets Cafe for CTN TV

Portland, Fall 2010

http://youtu.be/H_z-12WyR00 

 

and

Though it is a repeat,
the pictures and words together are lovely.

Listen once more to

Butterfly

 http://youtu.be/J5YQqcVLTLQ

 

and

Summer Solstice Chant 

http://youtu.be/vTJOKtBGDoE

Audio Only

Letter for Emily Dickinson

from Calendars

Gulf War and Child: A Curse

from Eve

This is simply exquisitely set to music
by Stefania de Kenessey
"Landing Under Water ," a poem from Calendars
Winner of the Lyric Prize

Hope you enjoyed and will visit her site-Perhaps buy A book.

The Goddess in you will be glad you did,

and so will the Witch!

Blessed Be

Post Script
The day after first posted, the videos d
so I added the links in care it happens again