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Blessed Samhain to all the Pagans
I thought I'd share a couple of my favorite Pagan poems with those who share my beliefs on this beautiful Samhain.
Blessings to all no matter your faith.
Dear Ancestor
author unknown
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
neglected and alone
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marbled stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I’d exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
one hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
and come to visit you.
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One Enchanted Samhain
by Louise Heydon
Chills in the night air are tingling skin
The veil between worlds is now growing thin
Bright spirits gather, the dead return
Drawn to the flickers where candles burn
The past remembered, changes made
Ancestors honoured, tributes paid
Darkness gathers, the full moon is clear
Shining down on this Celtic New Year
Pumpkins glow and ghouls how they scare
Dressed in costumes with bright green hair
Witches and skeletons, goblins and ghosts
Trick or treat children with sweets from their hosts
Old Jack O'Lantern with his creepy grin
Fires for folk with ghost tales to begin
But what do you know of the true Halloween?
For once it was more than just parlour frights seen
Spirits would wander and rather than grieve
Folk honoured the dead on each Samhain eve
Summer had faded, as winter approached
Futures now plotted as Jack Frost encroached
The harvest was ending as the cold times unfurled
But summer just beginning in the dark Underworld
As above, so below, is a wisdom we all learn
And so the cycle of seasons shall forever turn
A time for looking inward, reflection and change
Honouring those spirits, making sense of the strange
So open your mind, part the veil if you dare
Welcome the new, for there's magic in the air!
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For those who don't know what the significance of Samhain is to Pagans:
Samhain (Halloween)
(October 31st -Nov 1st)
also known as: Halloween, ShadowFest, Martinmas, Old Hallowmas
The Last Harvest.
The Earth nods a sad farewell to the God. We know that He will once again be reborn of the Goddess and the cycle will continue. This is the time of reflection, the time to honor the Ancients who have gone on before us and the time of 'Seeing" (divination) . As we contemplate the Wheel of the Year, we come to recognize our own part in the eternal cycle of Life
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10/31/08, 07:48 AM
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Thanks snowdancer! Blessed Samhain to you too! 
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10/31/08, 07:53 AM
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Thank you Snowdancer. Blessings to you also.
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10/31/08, 07:54 AM
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Thanks, Kathy, for sharing that!
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Thanks for the lovely poems! Blessed Be!
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10/31/08, 08:15 AM
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May you all have a great day.
Angie
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Blessed Samhain to you. The first poem is a beautiful one that 'spoke' to me. Thanks.
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I loved the first poem also. My youngest daughter I'm sure is a witch. I think she was born that way. She is so intuned to nature, animals and the spirit world. She is such a spiritual person and so close to God. She is making a small alter in honor of her grandfather (my dad) for tonight. We all miss him so and want him to know that he is always in our hearts.
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10/31/08, 09:40 AM
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I did't know Halloween had so many other names to Pagans. Interesting.
Hope all of you enjoy it.
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10/31/08, 10:31 AM
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That was nice... Blessings to all
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Beautiful poems Kathy. Have a Blessed Samhain.
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10/31/08, 10:55 AM
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I really enjoyed the poems Kathy! Blessed Samhain to you and yours.
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10/31/08, 11:03 AM
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Blessed Samhain . Thanks for the poems, very beautiful .
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10/31/08, 11:31 AM
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Thank you for sharing those wonderful poems.
Samhain Blessings to all!
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10/31/08, 06:56 PM
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Really wonderful poems! Thank you for sharing
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Ahhh, yes, my wonderful Snowdancer, a very blessed Samhain for you.
Today has been a wonderful day.
Blessed Be, my friends.
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10/31/08, 07:04 PM
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Blessed Samhain to you and all. Beautiful poems.
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10/31/08, 07:10 PM
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Thank you Snowdancer.
Tonight I will think of my ancestors and hold kind thoughts to the person who so obviously seems to still feel the need to stay and share our home.
We so often joke about 'our' ghost, but you remind me to be respectful that our lovely new home is a shared space, and whomever it is was here first, and was someone's ancestor.
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Although we don't observe Samhain as such, it is a night we remember the passing of loved ones. Both poems were lovely, but I especially enjoyed the second one
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