Weekend at Wild Ways, Shropshire Wild Ways is the home of our Druid friends Elaine & Garth near Bewdley. They have some wonderful land with lovely woods. It is a true privilege to be able to spend some quality time in such wonderful surroundings. This was the second time that we planned a summer weekend at Wild Ways - last year we did a sweat lodge weekend there in August. This year we decided to do a series of vigils - mini personal retreats at a shrine which we built & blessed in the woods. Each member of the group chose a time slot during the period of our stay & was guided out & left there to make contact with the spirits of the place & do whatever personal work or meditation they thought fit. The rest of us went exploring & wooding & participated in a number of workshops throughout the weekend. It was also a very creative weekend! On Saturday night we held an Eisteddford in honour of the spirit of the place, who we entertained with poems (lots of poems!), stories, songs, jokes & even a play! It was a great night. At our final closing ritual on Sunday afternoon there was even more poetry - many of the group had been inspired by their time in the woods & read a number of very moving verses.
Poems added in the order in which they were recieved. They are copyright the person who wrote them! We're very grateful that they have agreed to allow us to put them on these pages! Please send in more poems folks! There were some really good ones, if I remember correctly! Pages last updated July 2004, contact Barry |
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