Happy Celtic New Year

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Calan Gaeaf/Samhain

Welcomed to the first day of the Celtic new year, last night as part of the ancient ritual a festival of fire took place in various places around the nations. Among the ancient Celts, the year was seen to be divided into a light half and a dark half. As the day was seen as beginning at sunset, so the year was seen as beginning with the arrival of the darkness, at Calan Gaeaf (Welsh) / Samhain (Gaelic) around 1st November. To celebrate I wrote this verse:

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I was born and live in rural North Wales (UK) and found poetry again after a lifetime, so grateful I did :) View more posts

8 thoughts on “Happy Celtic New Year”

Sadje says:

1st Nov 2022 at 5:10 pm

A beautiful poem Angela

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1. poetisatinta says:
  
  1st Nov 2022 at 5:13 pm
  
  Thanks Sadje ❤
  
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  1. Sadje says:
    
    1st Nov 2022 at 5:13 pm
    
    You’re welcome
    
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Dawn says:

2nd Nov 2022 at 4:18 pm

Beautifully done! 💞💞💞

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1. poetisatinta says:
  
  2nd Nov 2022 at 11:38 pm
  
  🙏♥️
  
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TamrahJo says:

11th Nov 2022 at 8:51 pm

LOVE this one!! Adding it to the poems I wish to ‘memorize’, recite to share with others! Absolutely Beautiful to my heart – Thank you A.J. Wilson for your talents & gifts of beauty that raise the fire in my heart to combat the cold I let in!!!!! 😀

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1. TamrahJo says:
  
  11th Nov 2022 at 8:52 pm
  
  *P.S. – memorize to share with others OR recite to myself, to remind myself – ! 😀
  
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2. poetisatinta says:
  
  11th Nov 2022 at 10:42 pm
  
  Thank you for such kind words so glad you like it 🙂 ❤
  
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