guardian of the wood.
Put on your green finery
blending shadow and myth.
The pulse of the forest is yours;
rich, alive, mysterious.
Your totems encircle the forest
to guide the spirited.
Gnarled and worn
tender and new
awaken and lead the way home.
This is my entry for the Take a Word challenge this week for the theme "Green". Very appropriate for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Green is an empowering color, the color of new life, the earth and her children and the Green Man in Celtic legend serves as her guardian. This guy is from a photo I took of my backyard guardian blended with imagery from Finecrafted designs at Deviant scrap and Celtic script from Dover books.
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WOW !!!!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive my dear Lori.
Brilliant green piece. Love the layers. xoxo
Thought you'd made a head start on next week's Sunday Postcard Art. This is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI love the texture and depth you've created here, and what you've written is very interesting!
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant art work Lori. Love it and thanks for your visit at my blog.
ReplyDeleteWarm greets
Marja
Glorious! I love your Green Man--very mystical.
ReplyDeleteGret minds...I also made a green man for this challenge.
It's wonderful - so rich and colourful!
ReplyDeleteOh, I absolutely love this ... the Green Man is so very special to me ... for me, a positive and mysterious aspect of the male Divinity.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Happiness to all.
Love this piece Lori...fabulous! My post for this challenge is NON-GREEN!!what fun!!
ReplyDeleteA wonderfully rich and beautiful piece, Lori. Absolutely stunning, my friend.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ann simply stunning and oh so rich...gorgeous Lori!
ReplyDeleteLori,
ReplyDeleteThis is beyond beautiful. I love the whole feel of it. GREAT JOB!!
~AJ
Your art & poetry = perfect match, Lori, love the brilliance of the green!
ReplyDeleteWou this is gorgeous!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLori, Have I ever told you that I would love to sit next to you while you create a image !!
ReplyDeleteI think my eyes would roll in amazement.
(I hope I translated that well ?)
What a brilliant marriage of your photo of the other elements along with the glorious green! Beautiful, Lori!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful and creative take on the theme. Cheers Kaylene
ReplyDeleteLove your Green challenge artwork. Gorgeous and beautifully created!
ReplyDeleteI bet your guardian never looked so good. Wonderful composition.
ReplyDeleteThis is incredibly rich and vibrant Lori. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI am praying for the green man guardians ....I am working on a large installation for our Dawes Arboretum for this June!!! Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart
ReplyDeleteThanks... Lori... your comment lifted my soul.
ReplyDeleteOh your Green Man is wonderful and I love the poem.
ReplyDeletewhat a deep intensity... love the color and the motifs very much!
ReplyDeleteBonjour Lori !
ReplyDeleteEncore une belle illustration du thème de cette semaine , toujours très réussie et un peu mysérieuse J'aime beaucoup !
Amicalement Mary.kg
fantastic Lori!
ReplyDeleteWOW fabulous and very impressive work!
ReplyDeletexox Anja
A gorgeous Green Man Lori. Wish I had him in my garden! Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteThis is superb, Lori. The picture has an ethereal touch with light shining through. The effect is amazing. I love it.
ReplyDeleteWoah..stunning..be still my heart..Love love this!! Yay how cool..I have the same one..he is my guardian too..magical!What a beautiful post..your words are magical and this image is spell-binding..shine on...love it!!
ReplyDeletevictoria
Very creative and beautiful piece, Lori. How wonderful that you could use a photo of something in your garden.
ReplyDeleteHmm. He seems like the kind of guy that would chase after all those wood nymphs. :O)
ReplyDeletelinda poesia e imagem!
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