Find the Magic Wherever You Are

Find the Magic Wherever You Are

written by: Elizabeth Barton

@DestinyAngel25

In full sun I find Whakapipi,
the bright gate on the mountain;
as I gaze up, it looks down at me
made clear on a backdrop of green.

I am the magic of houses in symmetry
arranged in checkered streets;
the anticipation of craftsmen’s emblems
holds the arcane mountain aligned.

Hermetic winks catch the gleam
of chance light on stray metal,
and divulge a secret from the sun
snatched in a glance meant only for me.

Scouts play games with Morse
on the mountain slopes at dusk,
light signals cast into gathered night
mimic the secret of gold.

I am the lettered spell at the door
no man may decipher; scattered sigils
flutter their way on Cardinal winds,
through cold archways no word may tell.

That is the way to build a world,
pattern old streets once walked by kings;
the arcanum of my strength enfolds
the chalice remembered by the bold.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

Whakapipi is a lookout point on the slopes of the iconic mountain Te Aroha in New Zealand, which overlooks the town of the same name.

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Elizabeth Barton

Elizabeth Barton is an artist and poet from New Zealand, with work featured in Pink Plastic House, Fevers of the Mind, Black Bough Poetry, Flight of the Dragonfly Poetry, The Hooghly Review, Vita Brevis Literature, Nothing Divine Dies, and Literary Revelations' inaugural publication, Hidden in Childhood. A winner of the 2020 White Label Cinq competition, her collection Mirrored Time was published in July 2023 by Hedgehog Poetry Press. Elizabeth has authored two further poetry collections, All Revolutions Begin This Way and Auroral, both published by Alien Buddha Press. Her art is in private and public collections worldwide, including the V & A Prints Collection, London.

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