#anniespells

A chant for a Goddess of poets on Her day..which has just been recognized as a national holiday in Ireland! #speakitthrice #anniespells BRIGID Ring, ring, ring, ring! Hammers fall. Your gold will all be beaten over sudden flaming fire moving from you, the pyre. Sweeten your cauldron, until the sun runs with one flame through the day and the healing water will sing, linger on tongues, burn away. from Spells: New and Selected Poems by Annie Finch (Wesleyan University Press, 2013) #speakitthrice #anniespells https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIumDYPXwe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The more I read and learn about the ways of patriarchy the more clear it is that abortion bans are the advance guard of patriarchal fascism...from medieval Ireland (as described in the great book by Mary Condren, The Serpent and the Goddess) to contemporary Muslim and Catholic patriarchal hells. My anthology Choice Words Writers on Abortion shows the same kinds of oppressive patterns in the literature of 6 centuries & 5 continents. Posting this poem in solidarity with our sisters in Texas, and all over the US, and all over the world!

Will be teaching my magic—Annie’s Spells—as part of this amazing retreat at the @garrisoninstitute for Winter Solstice! link in bio #yule #writingretreat #goddesswriting #anniefinch #anniespells #magicalwriting #rhythmiclanguage #wintersolstice #womenwriters #womenwritersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B6KmOs4hQOr/?igshid=x7av77bgdjzl

#anniespells #tarotpoems #feministpoetry #anniefinch #poetrypower #poetrywitch #witchwords #amphibrachic #poeticmeter #inspirationalquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dJFzOBdo1/?igshid=1sv6i7tcssxsi

It's the Witches' new year!—time to dive deep into our core powers. I will be celebrating my own birthday, and with it the lives and spirits of the Dead who have gone before. Today is a good time to share our messages with them, through fire (burning notes in a candle) or water or earth. Wishing you a very blessed and happy Samhain! #Samhain #halloween2019  #Samhain2019 #SamhainBlessings #anniespells #ancestors #poetrywitch #witches @weslpress @WitchWavePod https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SZlCOhGYm/?igshid=n9cz9b7by5cr

Seems like the moment for this one. #believewomen #anniespells #quotestoinspire #inspiringquotes #couragequotes #womenempowerment #womenpower #womeninspiringwomen #writingwomen #womenpoetry #womenpoetsofinstagram #spells #castingspells #anniefinch #talisman #amulet #memorize (at Washington, District of Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7F3uBlSaS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4c0vnle9lna1

The Naming: A Spell for September 11 is installed at @stjohndivinenyc with @meredith.bergmann.sculpture. Link in bio. ..............Wounds widen the remembering earth. Closed eyes see beyond the flames. Grief opens hands to feel the wind. Heart beats like ocean and hears the names. #anniespells #september11 #inmemoriam #september11poem #september112001 #september11memorial #september11th2001 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnl6llfl1nv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xn21j2lphc6y

The Naming: My Spell for September 11 is installed at @stjohndivinenyc with @meredith.bergmann.sculpture (The whole poem with the catalog of names is at anniefinch.com under #anniespells.......................................................................................sending blessings to all who remember that day and the memories of the lost..............................................Wounds widen the remembering earth. Closed eyes see beyond the flames. Grief opens hands to feel the wind. Heart beats like ocean and hears the names. #anniespells #september11 #inmemoriam #september11poem #september112001 #september11memorial #september11th2001 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnl5Qrtlu_w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gfpz5br3mtxo