{"id":476,"date":"2011-02-01T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T20:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neopagan.net\/blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2011-02-02T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T15:46:18","slug":"bridgid-come-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neopagan.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/bridgid-come-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridget, Come to Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beth Owl’s Daughter<\/a> tipped me off to something I surely should have known about, or that Isaac surely should have known about, because he would have loved, loved, loved it.<\/p>\n

For the past six years, there’s been an informal poetry slam dedicated to Bridget on Internet blogs. It’s even got its own Facebook<\/a> page. The idea is that in honor of Bridget, whose feast is today, you should post a poem to her on your blog.<\/p>\n

It’s been a long time since I’ve written any poems, and never specifically to Her, but Bridget was Isaac’s special matron Goddess. He was devoted to her to the end. He loved doing bardic circles in honor of her at this time of the year, and always sang his Hymn to Bridget. He used to sing the Irish verse, then we’d both sing the English, then we would sing a third verse, he in Irish and I in English. It was so beautiful, one of my favorite memories.<\/p>\n

Well, I don’t know if I’ll ever master the Irish (though others have<\/a>) but I will sing the English again for Her, and for him.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to hear the tune, it’s on his Be Pagan Once Again<\/em> tape and CD (rare critters to find these days). ADF sang it at his memorial service<\/a>, too . I think it is a fitting gift for Bridgid today.<\/p>\n

A Hymn to Bridget<\/a>
\n\u00a9 1983, 2001 c.e.
\nwords by Isaac Bonewits<\/p><\/blockquote>\n