A continuation of working with Sulabaros Tritanuos.
(Image description: A photo of bluish gray storm clouds over a body of water with a smooth surface. There are land masses on the horizon. Large rocks are in the forefront.) Credit: Photo by Dave on Unsplash
As promised, I wrote a monastic chant for Nodens. The poem combines His connections of the weather, disability, justice, and rulership. Compared to Brighid’s poem, writing it flowed somewhat smoother. I liken the writing process with Brighid to that of a smith at an anvil, while writing His chant was coursing through a river that has the occasional rock.
I listened to mist ambience while composing it, so I find that the procedure makes its own form of dual sensory input with hearing and touch.
I’m becoming more comfortable with the poetic form, but that doesn’t mean it’s a breeze. I like the challenge of its shortness and the rhyming patterns, but I still plan to vary my monastic writing practice with free verse and structured poetry.
Nodens
Pure mist king
Ring true Your silver hand
Band of clouds cleansing so sure
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