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Magic and poetry often intermingle. It is called spellcasting, after all. Get it? S-p-e-l-l-casting, spelling. Words are magic.
In movies, witches are often shown speaking incantations into the air. These are often lyrical in nature, much like poetry. October, as the month of Halloween and the official start of spooky season, is your sign to pick up some poetry by and for witches.
The subjects covered are vast, yet also universal. Mythology weaves throughout, offering an encouraging tether to the past. All the works also hint at possible futures for anyone who feels on the outside.
Included are love poems and devotional poems, poems that tell stories, and ritual instructions to write your own poems. Any of these books is a great place to start, whether for inspiration or exploration.
Days are getting shorter, the veil is thinning, and it’s the perfect time to curl up with a candle, a blanket, and a magical book.
Hekate
Beloved poet Nikita Gill brings readers a tale that follows Hekate, daughter of the Titans and future goddess of witchcraft and necromancy. Told in Gill’s distinct verse, the story follows Hekate as she enters the Underworld as a refugee from war.
After the Titans and the Olympians clash, the remaining Titans are imprisoned, and Hekate’s mother flees, ultimately becoming an island. Left among the dead and the deities of the Underworld, Hekate finds herself in a new home she doesn’t understand.
She longs for company, sunlight, her family, and her purpose. This intimate life story of Hekate pulls you in and deepens your understanding of this powerful, fearsome goddess. Gill does wonders with the storytelling. Even as a long-told myth, this new rendition is powerful and hypnotic.
Poetry as Spellcasting
In these pages, you’ll find poetry for liberation in the face of harmful systems, plus tools to cast your own spells. Written “by and for queer and BIPOC” contributors, this is a practical word magic guide.
Through vignettes, stories, essays, poetry, prompts, and ritual instructions, the teaching here invites readers to use their creativity as a force for freedom and expression. Each contributor holds deep knowledge of both poetry and spellcasting.
This is such a wonderful resource for anyone who wants to deepen their magical and social justice practice. Ultimately, the work here will help to birth new worlds through the form of poetry.
Aphrodite Made Me Do It
In this 2019 release, poet Trista Mateer enters a conversation with the goddess Aphrodite through poetry and art. Words shared from the goddess help to reframe myth and recenter the woman, complete and in her fullness.
This is not a watered-down version of the goddess of love. She is multi-faceted and raw. From here, Mateer also shares words on life experiences ranging from love to trauma to justice.
Each poem offered feels like a mirror, even the extremely personal ones. This book is a battle cry. The prose and images call on the reader to reclaim the self by candlelight, love, strength, and a little bit of magic.
Fortunate
Kim Rashidi takes us through the classic Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck through poetry. With lyrical verse, the images of each of the 78 cards are given another layer of depth.
Rashidi writes the poems in random order, mixing both the minor and major arcana so readers aren’t sure what they will find. This edition includes a page for each poem, where readers can scribble their own creative takes on each card.
The book could also act as a deck itself by simply flipping to a page. This adds magical quality to a work of poetry already steeped in the mystical.
Poems For The Moon
It’s simply impossible to divorce the collective image of the witch from the mythology of the moon. J.R. Rogue brings them together once more in this enchanting poetry collection.
This work shares what devotion might actually look like. With magic sprinkled throughout every page, Rogue writes of love, heartbreak, and longing. Themes include reincarnation, liminal time, mermaids, and adoration of natural elements.
Rogue notes these poems were written custom for her readers and collected into this short book. The resulting work is a love song to the present moment and those we love throughout time.
the witch doesn't burn in this one
the witch doesn’t burn in this one reclaims the title of witch and reminds the world how powerful women can be. Amanda Lovelace took the poetry world by storm with the Women are Some Kind of Magic series.
This collection, the second in the series, doesn’t flinch away from the flames but stares directly into them. Through powerful language and affirming reminders, readers will find themselves ready to step into their own power.
Originally published in 2018, this book still reads timely today, and you will find yourself called by the magic of the witch.
the witch doesn't drown in this one
Seven years after the end of the Women are Some Kind of Magic series, Amanda Lovelace revisits the witch archetype. The result is a new installment that serves as a companion to the second book.
Lovelace brings readers new poems on anger, love, and empowerment while also addressing different social issues. Throughout the book, Lovelace’s message remains true even as the modern-day landscape has changed.
The message is that all women are powerful, magical, and won’t back down.
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