{"id":3262,"date":"2026-05-16T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2026-05-15T21:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:34:34","slug":"rain-hail-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/rain-hail-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain, Hail, & Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ides of May brought glorious rain, and not so glorious cooling. But the gardens of Villa Westwyk, and Grandmother Willow* were thrilled to have a full day of rain with a near inch of accumulation. The rain also brought lots of inspiration and had me penning a poem during a small tea break. I feel pretty good about it — it’s been about a year since I’ve written any poetry beyond spells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I struggled with whether or not to share it; but, it felt synchronistic to my intention of creating a magical life #OnTheCovenstead and to ultimately feed hungry community members with the food that I grow and the energy exchanges I do through my Creative Crone Shop<\/a>. If nature inspires some creative work, it feels appropriate to share, especially since I’m approaching my Jupiter return. No better time to share my knowledge and perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So enjoy the poem, and maybe go put your bare feet on the Earth while you read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liminal Hail & Farewell<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By Runa Troy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring messages us by drenching rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the last long soaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the Covenstead hardens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Into the dry language of summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reveals like an opening night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring, soft-voiced, reluctant, yet determined<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gathering her mystical tools to depart, whilst<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer showcased by spotlight, adorned in sunflowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hail striking the roof mid-sentence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be prepared, Spring cackles;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My pelting sets the stage, instructs the flyman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The curtain rises, the wheel turns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plants lift themselves like a choir,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green mouths open in hallelujah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delightfully fluttering ducks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raise cheers in the nearby pond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sit grateful, cozy indoors,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soft light, watching, listening, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding its language<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing its secrets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*I’ll write more about her in a couple of days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ides of May brought glorious rain, and not so glorious cooling. But the gardens of Villa Westwyk, and Grandmother Willow* were thrilled to have a full day of rain with a near inch of accumulation. The rain also brought lots of inspiration and had me penning a poem during a small tea break. I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,386],"tags":[619,53,618,617,282],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","category-writing-witch","tag-creative-crone-shop","tag-green-witch","tag-nature","tag-poetry","tag-writing-witch"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3264,"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/3264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runatroy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}