Today marks the end of April, and these final two poems
mark the end of National Poetry Month.*
They are last, but far from least:

"Raven Moon" by Anita Endrezze
One of the most beautifully mythic poems I know.
It's simply stunning.

"If They Come in the Night" by Marge Piercy
One of my favorite poems of all time, engraved on my heart.
These are words I try to live by.

Today's art is by Mark Wagner

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* The end of the month came 'round so quickly and there were so many terrific poems and poets I never got to. For more mythic and magical poetry, I recommend visiting the "Sunday Poem" archives from the Endicott blog, the poetry archives of The Journal of Mythic Arts, and the archives of the Goblin Fruit poetry webzine.

A trio of faery poems today:

"Green Children" by Jane Yolen

"Quickthorn" by Siobhán Campbell

"Wild Boy" by Jennifer Crow
(in Goblin Fruit: Autumn 2008. Scroll down this
Table of Contents page for the link.)

Today's art: "Faery Child" by Brian Froud

Today's poem: "A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts" by Wallace Stevens

Today's art: "Wishing on a Blue Moon" by Karen Davis

 And happy Beltane, everyone -- which we celebrate around here with traditional "fire jumping" on the full moon closest to May 1 . . . and that's tonight! The drawing below is my "Beltane Bunny."

Today's poem: The Beautiful Animal by Geoffrey Brock.

Today's poem: "In a Dark Time" by Theodore Rothke.

Today's art: "Merlin" by Alan Lee.