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Ace of Wands from Rider, Green Witch and Zombie Apocalypse Tarot
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To begin this month-long celebration of daily poems, let’s begin
by drawing the proper Tarot card.
Various decks portray the Ace of Wands as a hand coming out
of a cloud, the rod which Moses used to
strike the water of life, or the club of Hercules. There is usually a river to
cross, a mountain to climb. (And yes, a bone to pick.) It is an invitation to voyage.
In Tarot tradition, the Ace of Wands is a card of optimism
and invention. Aces are lucky, and the fire-suit of Wands strikes a match for
creativity, excitement and adventure.
The Ace of Wands also signifies the energy and dedication
required to complete a large task, like that of writing a poem a day for a
month.
The card is drawn, our quest announced! Help us all get out
the door and to the shore where the boat is waiting. What is your inspiration,
what describes the journey you are about to undertake? What is the inner nature
of this journey? Make your beginning here. Make a map of your quest.
And since today is also April Fool’s Day, let’s cross or
crown our journey with The Fool Tarot card, that madman-beggar-child-bard whose
fool errand is pure sunshine and dizzy precipice. It is the basest and most
refined attitude in which to undertake a journey. Who are we kidding, writing a
poem a day for a month? Crossing oceans while Rome drowns? Rhyming in a
hurricane? Playing catch with Fido while Heaven falls? Who can stop us!
(Include a note of this too if you like.)
Four times seven plus three daily wonders of the world await us in this Poems in April challenge! Ladies and gentlemen, start your poesy engines!
