a pig snores
   in the eclipse

in the shadows Affagdu
had long remained

now
out he steps slowly
under
   burgundy-stained  
moon

[Author’s Note: in Welsh lore, Afaggdu is Ceridwen’s son, who was supposed to get the brew but didn’t. This was written on a lunar eclipse.]

[Michael Routery is a druid and polytheist living in Portland, Oregon with his husband and a throng of cats. A poet and writer, Michael is the author of a book of devotional poetry, From the Prow of Myth. He occasionally blogs at finnchuillsmast.wordpress.com.]