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Best of 2008: FROUDIAN POEMS and PROSE

Best of 2008 Froudian Poet: First Place

This poem is inspired by "The fairytale giant on pg. 25" from "Brian Froud's World of Faerie." Poem is by Traci Wilson (43).

"Remember the Lost" faerytale giant

Remember the lost ones and those without names
Remember the hungry and 
those who feel shame

While you revel and warm yourselves
with the hearth's flames
Remember the banished and outcast

Think of those standing outside looking in
or walking the darkened moors
empty within
calling for you 
to forgive them their sins
as you turn your back in judgement steadfast

Once in a while
look for those 
who've been lost
throw open your door
let the warmth melt the frost
and ask someone in
from the fringe of exhaustion
to fill up their bone weary souls

All of us started here
muchly the same
nobody starts their life
in sin and shame
so on this one night throw out
all of your blame
for the Goblins and Giants
and Trolls.

Best of 2008 Froudian Poet: Second Place

This poem is inspired by "The Faery Godmother" from "Good Faeries/Bad Faeries" book. Poem is by libithina (55).

"Quest of Faith"

apple grasped golden crisp, crystal orb slides a wrist, a slight of hand, left or right, gives a choice for your delight, diaphanous garbed in scrutinous gaze imagination soars to raise, pierces the soul and sees within where no-one can know, locked and fixed beckons draw near, follow do follow, ne'er be afeared, keep the faith, a protective guide, always near, by your side we'll scale the caves and riverside, a creature of darkness has begun his quest, roaring loud that's the test. Green eyes penetrate in undergrowth thickened, swamped, choking breath now quickens. Panting fast through mudded slime, mounted hill before to climb, treachurous, yes, as thunder claps, rain in torrents sheets of pain footings hard to hold a gain, alignments all to be the same, never to doubt, more within and not without.

The portals opening, bravely step, confident strides to the top, nearly there, just had to be sure, important that you do explore, now take my hand and come with me, to Faeryland is where we'll be....

Best of 2008 Froudian Poet: Third Place

This poem is inspired by "Wood Woman" from "Good Faeries/Bad Faeries." Poem is by Johanna Klapper (42).

"Wintertime Song on the Loom"

I weave a web of darkness,
a wintertime song on the loom,
shadowy colours of night,
spotted with sparkling snow crystals
and a full opalesque moon.

I weave a web of time
throbbing slowly through my fingers
as they follow the woollen tracks,
leaving golden traces of flickering candlelight.

I weave a web of relations
with the faeries gathering near me,
my shuttle made of a mare's bone
sings a song of ancient bloodlines.

 I weave a web of connections
 hemming the fringes with heron feathers,
amber beads from the seashore
and the backbones of salmon returning home.

I weave a web of love,
of living in my community,
my clan ties are strong again
like the hugging threads forming the patterns.

I weave a web of songlines
in dark moor brown and light green colours,
listening deeply to the call of Earth Mother,
 finding my own song as the fabric grows.

I weave a web of music,
working in tune with the rythm of my heartbeat,
the sound of my staghide drum
 and the murmur of the nearby river.

I weave a web of memories
with colourful threads of childhood beach days
and the volcanic emotions
of last night's lovemaking with a Faery Lord.
  
I weave a web of dreams,
of misty fancies and clear plans,
of visions that tell me what I will be
when I grow up some day.

I weave a web of journeys
to hidden places and stone circles,
mingling marble white threads of the Tholos in Delphi
with royal blue salty strands of the Cornish Sea.

I weave a web of light,
bridging the deep of night
to the sunrise of a new day.

I'm weaving a wintertime song on the loom.

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