The Hand Beneath the Hill

by Deborah Ethier

 This 24-page chapbook is divided into three sections:

 -"Evocations"; scenes from the Old Testament story of Deborah

    -"Invocations"; Poems and songs celebrating pagan Celtic holidays and

         culture

    -"Meditations"; Miscellaneous poems from various inspirations

 Published in 1991 by Plowman Press

A sample:  

"Hero" (from the Deborah cycle):

He thought himself a force in the World

     and did not know

That the Bee in the flower is All in All,

And that even the gleaners of wheat,

As they bend to the wheat

     and the wheat to the wind bends,

Have stories more firmly woven into the  rhythm of this world

Than they who ride with glory on their lips:

And though true heroes' names can be like sacred bread,

This wheat has yet to grow

And know the sower's hand.

Sample pages:

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