The Tanya Poems

Goddess of the Grove

by Thomas O'Connor

To my Tanya and Silke

My Ladies of Midsummer and Yule

Merry Meet

Merry meet, Merry part

May love and laughter fill your heart

I'm a Druid and Brujo too

We are strong though we are few

Merry meet, Merry part

May you walk the Way

Welcome to my Druid's Grove 

Blessed be your day

Candlemas 

As nature is reborn 

From winter into spring

May the Goddess Brigid 

To your home her blessings bring

Beginning with All Hallows

Through the feasts and frosts of Yule

Soon we will have Lady Day

When Queen Aine begins her rule

Candlemas is now at hand

The trees and fields are though as dead

May the Goddess Brigid

Bless your hearth and home and bed 

Remember ye the ancient Rede 

We do well to fulfill

Love the Gods and one another 

Harm none 

Do as thou will

Our Home

We live in a stone house

On a field filled with pheasant

With our dog and two cats

Life is simple and pleasant

For dinner I'll cook some Italian

Or maybe a Vegan delight

Then we'll stay up, share a pot of mint tea

And talk deep into the night

On Saturday nights a dozen good friends

Stop by for dinner right on time

We discuss politics, poverty, peace, and our art

While we share some good weed and good wine

Sunday mornings we sleep in and cuddle

Tañya loves having breakfast in bed

I usually make her blueberry pancakes

Or waffles with whipped cream instead

Weekday mornings Tañya goes to the gym

She's teaching a class in tai chi 

I like to go for a run through the woods

Then we meet at  the diner by seven-thirty

Tañya is a successful real estate broker
I've enjoyed a long teaching career
I will turn 55 in October
So I will retire this year
 Tañya and I are so happy

Tañya and I are so free

If you'd open your heart and your mind

You'd live more like Tañya and me

Manhattan

I love taking Tañya into Manhattan

On a beautiful spring or fall day

The first thing we do

Is have coffee and cake

At our favorite sidewalk cafe

While we eat we listen

To a street musician

On the cello some Pachelbel play

And we'll often go

To an off-Broadway show

Or sometimes we'll catch a ballet

We love to explore the museum mile

Then exhibits go on endlessly

And then there's Shakespeare in the park

And concerts that are so good though they’re free

At dusk we take the subway down to Chinatown

Where we have a Buddhist banquet

Then we'll catch a handsome cab

And cuddle 'neath the blanket

We take the midnight train back to Jersey

Then I drive the truck home to PA

 Tañya would love to live in Manhattan

All I can say is Someday

 Tubing with Tañya

When the summer sun is sweltering

We love tubing down the Delaware

Tañya loves going topless

She says no one on the river will care

We drive from Point Pleasant to Frenchtown

With two huge inner tubes in my truck

We stop at the Frenchtown Cafe for a good breakfast

And get seated right away with some luck

We float downstream all day long

Tañya lies back in her tube

She loves to kiss underwater

As we swim around in the nude

When we get down to Apple Jacks Tavern

I ask Tañya if she'd like to go in for a drink

She looks at her breasts and says - Like this??!!

And puts her top on with a wink

I get a pitcher of Bud from the bar

And two orders of eggplant parm

Tañya says Tomorrow we'll go get your truck

Tonight let's drink up and walk home to the farm

Pagan Prayer

When we go down to the beach house

I get up before dawn every day

I sit on a dune and as the sun rises

To the old Pagan Gods do I pray

I thank Poseidon for the waves of salt sea

And Apollo for the hot summer sun

Then I bless Venus for all of the girls

Who just want to surf and have fun

Tañya sits down with some coffee

Her robe hangs open and loose

She gives me a kiss

Smiles and says

You must be praying to Zeus



 Te Amo Tañya

Do you want to get married asked Tañya

I replied we must wait and see

I thought of my father's old saying

A man’s better off when he’s free

Over the years I've had some good lovers

In my twenties I had a soul mate

The marriage lasted just over a year

Whiskey turned our love to pure hate

I told Tañya maybe I was too young for marriage

Now I am too old and too wise

But I've been saving a ring for this moment

Which happens to be just your size

I took a loose stone from the fireplace wall

There I had hidden a beautiful diamond set in gold

I said to my Tañya Will you take this old man

Forever to have and to hold

When Tañya saw the ring on her finger

Her large brown eyes welled with tears

I suddenly had a strange feeling

I was losing my old marriage fears

How will this story end

Will death or divorce do us part

I would like to have a big wedding

Then a family I'll be ready to start

 

Witchy Wedding

As Tañya approaches the altar of stone

I hear the Canon in D start to play

She looks like an angel in her lace wedding dress

Today is our holiest day

As the High Priestess binds my hand to Tañya’s

With a cord of pure gold

She says I'm glad you're together 

Of your deep love I've been told

Then she hands us a chalice

And together we drink

Soon there will be no turning back

To myself I soberly think

The Priestess then says, Tommy do you take Tañya

To be your lover and eternal wife

Do you vow to hold her hand all the days of your life

I do my Lady I say to the Priestess

So mote it be says she

Then she says to Tañya Do you now vow as he?

I do Tañya says as her eyes sparkle from wine

Then we embrace as if we were one

I kiss Tañya with passion just like the first time

A new life for us has begun

Then together we jump the besom

And the Priestess lays her hands on our heads

Tommy and Tañya you two are now one

Blessed be your hearth, your home, and your bed

Bonfire Party

At a bonfire party there is music and dancing

With good food, good weed, and good wine

We have a keg of Budweiser on ice

And everyone has a good time

We have hot dogs, burgers, salmon steaks, clams and corn

For our guests who eat meat and eat fish

I have made some veggie lasagnas

Which of course is my favorite dish

When Tañya is tired of dancing

She leads me up to our room

All she is wearing beneath her lace wedding dress

Is Chanel my favorite perfume

I carry her over the threshold

I really don’t know what to say

I never thought I could be so happy

This is our wedding day

We cuddle under the covers

In the air there is a fall chill

Tañya looks deeply into my eyes

And says I want to stop taking the pill

I’m sure she wants a daughter

To teach the Witchy way

For a happy healthy little girl

To the Goddess Áine do I pray

Our Petting Farm

We drove by an old farmstand

One hot August day

There we met an old farmer

Who had so much to say

He now was past eighty

And he had not an heir

He so loved his small farm

Would anyone care

So we gave him our savings

And granted the farmer life rights

That's how we came to own

A beautiful farm

Developers had in their sights

Bay Sah May

Tañya unbuttons my tight blue jeans

As I slide off her small tank top

She pulls me down onto our bed

And softly whispers Just don't stop

We make love all through the night

Until the break of day

When Tañya wants more oral

She whispers Besame



Vows

When you marry a white Witch
You make vows for eternity
To remain true to one another
And we take our vows very seriously

We no longer go to the Midsummer's Night Orgy
And only death will do us part
We may have two bodies
But we share one loving heart

And when we reincarnate
Together again we'll one-day be
When you vow unto a white witch
You're hers eternally

Our Lovin' Coven

What I love about our Coven 
Is how we celebrate sacred sex
And just as we can heal
We can also hex

Our Coven is a sacred place
Where I find love and truth
And like an AA meeting
The bonds of friendship are my proof

Right out in the open
Our Coven has been hidden
I'd like to tell you where we meet
But this is forbidden

Our Coven owns an old stone church
Every Sabbat we have a feast
Stop in for some Point Pleasant pasta 
And say you were invited by a Pagan priest



Midsummer Moon

In a field 'neath the moon on the solstice

Our Midsummer's Night Orgy ensues

In passion we trust

We're enlightened by lust

We sleep with whoever we choose

If you cannot find true love

Why not try some pure lust

One night with a good luvin' coven

Is a form of Tantra I trust

Summer Solstice

Dancing to the music

Of medieval pipes and strings

Drinking deeply from the chalice

As a sultry angel sings

Spinning spinning spinning

As the wind whips between the trees

Tañya falls unto the ground

And says Come dancing Tommy please

As the bonfire rages higher and higher

We dance wildly with the wind

For us the Summer Solstice is sacred

No one can say we have sinned

Tañya takes me into the barn

Her robe slides down to the hay

We make love in the loft through the night

This is how good Pagans pray

For Pagans sex is a union

Of body heart mind and soul

Tañya is the Goddess I have been seeking

Her love makes me feel whole

Summerland Sangria

Now that I'm retired
No more to coach or teach
I'll spend my summers living
In our cottage on the beach

The Lovin' Coven all comes down
For a vacation in July
On the fourth we lay out
And watch the fireworks in the sky

The little Witches all get horny
When they've had too much to drink
But I'd never fool around
What would my Tañya think

I take the Coven sailing
We drink sangria on the sea
The little Witches throw up
Then stand in line to pee

I make my Summerland Sangria
With citrus sugar wine and rum
And some sacred Druid spices
That make the little Witches cum

My Summerland Sangria
Is as potent as she is sweet
And much like my little Tanya's kiss
It will knock you off your feet

   Jersey Shore 

When we go down to the beach house
I sail the day away
I love the ocean so much
I wish all summer we could stay

Getting up before the dawn
Going for my run
Taking out my sailboat
As Tañya lays out in the Sun

Sailing far out on the ocean
We have good winds today
Neptune and Poseidon
Must hear me when I pray

I love our Cape May beach house
And we clean up on the summer's rent
The two weeks after Labor Day
Is vacation time well spent

Our Grove

We sleep in the woods

In a field of soft ferns

The river flows slowly

A small fire burns

We eat wild berries

And drink some sweet wine

Beneath midnight stars

Our bodies entwine

We rise with the dawn

The dog eyes a squirrel

The embers are smoking

I gaze at my girl

We are in love

I feel so serene

In moments like this

Eternity's seen

 Mother Earth

I spend my days weeding

My garden's soft soil

Soon I will harvest

The fruit of my toil

There's a season to reap

A season to sow

And a season to watch

My tomatoes grow

I am a Vegan

I grow all that I eat

It's out of compassion

That I refuse meat

 The Orchard

We have an orchard full of trees

On our lower field

A crop of fruit so bountiful

Each autumn does it yield

We have hayrides and bonfires

When harvest time is here

People pick our apples pears and peaches

While feeding all the deer

Our apples are so large and crisp

Our peaches soft and sweet

These are gifts from Mother Earth

And are much healthier than meat

Quakers

We hired a young man and his family
To be the petting farm's caretakers
They're living in the carriage house
And they're good Pennsylvania Quakers 

Before we hired the family
We explained our petting farm's Vegan creed
But I could see that they were hungry
And really were in need

Tañya offered them a generous salary
And threw in the carriage house rent free
Then she said why don't you stay
And have some dinner with Tommy and me

They had two beautiful daughters
And a son who was six months old
Sarah and I prepared the dinner
While Tañya the baby did hold

The Palmer's have been with us for years now
Billy is a natural petting farm hand
Sarah cooks very well and keeps our home spotless
Each Yule we give them an extra few grand

When they asked about our religion
We explained our ways the best that we could
They have begun coming to our Sabbat Feasts
I knew one day that they would

The Garden

There's a fence around my garden

That's where the rabbits hide

They come out from dusk to dawn

To see the other side

Although I shut the gate

The rabbits burrow through

They're eating all my carrots

There’s nothing I can do

The rabbits have to eat

So I take it all in stride

But I am wondering if I should

Put my hound inside

My Little Goddess

My little diosa

Te amo amor

Though we’re not rich

We are so far from poor

You laugh at my Spanish

When we talk on the phone

You sing as you cook

You’re my corazòn

You take me to Mass

Every Sunday
I thank Guadalupe
As I watch you pray

My little diosa

You’re the love of my life

I am so thankful

That you are my wife

 Dancing 

Tañya loves to go dancing

On a Friday night

I usually need a few drinks

And then I dance all right

She really is so hot

Out on the dance floor

At midnight I ask if she'd like to go

She always says One more

We stay at the club till closing

I ask Tañya if she will drive

When we're dancing I drink too much

But Tañya just comes alive

All I Need

Beauty and love

Lust sex and passion

A good home

A good dog

A good truck

These are the things that make life complete

That and a cute lover to fuck

Stone Home

We live in a stone house

On a hill near the barn

Because we are Vegans

There is nothing we harm

We stay up late every night

And for hours we talk

When we take my hound down the dirt road
We hold hands as we walk

I get up early to spend time with the Gods
And I wake Tanya up with a kiss
As she slowly arises I make her a good breakfast
Every day starts out just like this

 The Hike

I hitched 'cross the country

From coast to coast

One thing that I learned

Those with little gave most

I went thousands of miles

In hundreds of cars

With just my backpack

I slept beneath stars

It's different today

Then it was years ago

Now when I travel

By train do I go

The Great Spirit

I went into the woods

On a warm summer day

I came to the grove

Where I go to pray

I sat on a rock

And gave God some thought

And then I realized

His truth is not taught

God is a Spirit

And there are very few

Who find him inside

The way that I do

Rumspringa

Andrea lifts her summer dress

As we lay back in the hay

She was ready for some safe sex

The Amish oral way

I was a farmhand for the summer

We were seventeen

She was the cutest Amish girl

I had ever seen

Her Pa would take the buggy into town

About noon most every day

Leaving the two of us alone

In the barn to play

I was just a young buck
Really no more than a kid
Andrea begged me not to tell a soul
About the things we did

I still think back with fondness

On my blonde-haired Amish beauty

Andrea remained a virgin until marriage

For that was her Amish duty


Tiny Tetas

My Tañya has tiny tetas

And a beautiful Latina tail

The tone of her skin

Is like sweet cinnamon

She makes Americanas look pale

My Tañya has very long soft hair

That goes all the way down to her waist

She likes to wear strawberry lip-gloss

I love how kissing her tastes

What I love most about Tañya

Is how we talk for hours on end

Tañya’s not only my lover

She’s also my very best friend

Snow Bunny

Tañya doesn't like to go skiing 
So we go tubing when we get some snow
We take a couple tubes to the Mount Tabor Golf Course
And flying down the long hill do we go

Then we go to the Black Bass Inn
For a few mugs of warm grog
We cuddle on the couch before an open fire
And warm our feet by the burning Yule Log

If I had some advice for my son
About how to live the good life
I'd say Enjoy your freedom and friends while you are young
And wait till you're forty before finding a wife

Vagitarian

When it comes to being Vegan 
I'm compassionate about the things that I eat
Do you realize the horrid torture 
That goes into our milk and eggs and meat

My rule of thumb is never eat
Anything with flesh or eyes
Being a Vegan is a hard way of life
The Gods bless anyone who tries

My High School Lovers

Sophomore summer in an empty house

With a blonde cheerleader named Judy Krauss

We discovered sex on the bedroom floor

And we made love till we were sore

Then my junior year I had

A ballerina named Marie

She’s the one who taught me

Girls love pleasure orally

And senior year I loved Karen Chin

We met in physics class

She had a perfect grade point average

And a perfect Asian ass

Every year in high school

I had lovers in each grade

Some may call this puppy love

But I’d say I had it made

Judy Jody or Jen

Her hair was blonde

Her eyes were blue

Her ass wiggled as she walked

We had a drink

And then another

And through the night we talked

I woke up at four a.m.

In a room I could not place

From the moonlight through the window 
I could see her pretty face

I tried in vain to recall her name

Was it Jody or was it Jen

Maybe it was Judy

I had to find a pen

I went down to the kitchen

And wrote Jody a short note

Had a great time. Will give you a call. Must go feed my dog. 
Quote unquote

This was an 80's one-night stand

We were young and we were chillin'

'Cause every STD

Was cured by penicillin

Shukria Shanti

In college I studied the New Age

With my girlfriend Shanti

And it was her Tantra

That really set my soul free

She said I have learned to choose which Gods

I will love or leave behind

If you are a slave to your religion

You first must free your mind

Her parents were Pakistani

But with Islam she came to disagree

So she joined the New Age

Because of their misogyny

Because of her I freed my mind

As she gave me a good thumping

I love to learn religion

From a woman I am humping

Summer Love

College summers down Cape May

All my friends are here

A cottage on the beach

We did it every year

Steaming clams and corn

On a fire in the sand

Walking down the beach

My lover holds my hand

The nights are getting chilly

As we cuddle 'neath the moon

Another summer lover

Will be a memory soon

Crazy Eddie

I saw a man begging on the street

His coat was torn and dirty

I slipped him a twenty-dollar bill

And said I’m sorry it’s not thirty

He said Thank you sir I’ll go to the thrift shop

And buy a heavy coat and some winter shoes

I am about to freeze to death

I won’t buy any booze

So I took him to an AA meeting

Where we had some coffee and some cake

And he asked the leader

If the coffee he could make

That was over a year ago

Eddie now has an apartment of his own

And he often calls to thank me

For the kindness he was shown

He always goes to my speaker meeting

I love what he has to share

For every soul there is some hope

As long as loving people care

Dixie Pixie

I met a cute pixie

At a frat party so wild

I asked for her name

And at me she smiled

I got her a drink

And we started to dance

But I really just wanted

To get down her pants

So I spent the night drinking

With that cute pixie lass

And came to with her name

Tattooed to my ass

 Catholic Girls

My Tañya is a good Catholic girl

Who takes me to Mass every day

I thank blessed Mary and all the angels and saints

As I watch my lover the rosary pray

And my Tañya is also a white Witch
Who will read your fortune in her tarot cards

When she casts a sex spell

I get horny as hell

Her Book of Shadows she carefully guards

Tañya loves casting her runes
And gazing into her crystal ball
Last night while she was reading her tarot
She heard the banshee's wailing call 

When it comes to dealing with witches
Treat them with the utmost respect
If you hire a Witch to cast a sex spell
Don't make her cast a hex to collect 

Animal Holocaust

It requires eighteen hundred gallons of water

And almost twenty pounds of grain

To produce a single pound of beef

And factory farms cause so much needless pain

More carbon emissions and greenhouse gasses
Do factory farms produce
Then all our cars and trucks and trains and planes
Your carbon footprint's easy to reduce

With the grain Americans feed
Just to pigs and cows
We could end world hunger
Why don't we do this now

Many scholars now believe

To a Vegetarian diet mankind must evolve

When we do I guarantee

So many problems we will solve

 Tohickon Creek

The sun rises each morning

And settles each night

The fall is approaching

But there's still summer's light

A gentle wind blows

Across the Tohickon

Such moments with nature

As a Pagan I'm seekin'

 Blessed Virgin

Did Joseph harbor doubts

About the story Mary told

Mary was a teenage girl

And he was very old

When Mary said she was a virgin
Did Joseph think she lied
If he had abandoned her
She'd be crucified

When he saw his son

Who was not his seed

Hanging on the cross

Did Joseph with him bleed

I think maybe Joseph

Might have had a doubt

But just kept it hidden

And never let it out

Amour et Veritas

Venus and Apollo

Are the two Gods that I follow

They are the Greco-Roman Gods of love and truth

Venus bestows tender love

And Apollo wisdom from above

My joyous Pagan lifestyle is the proof

I read of the Gods of Greece and Rome

Every night when I’m alone

The myths are my scriptures and my holy books

To live in love and truth as I

And find Elysium waiting when you die

 To the Gods in this life you must look

When I take my dog out for her walk

With the Gods I love to talk

Then I stop in my Druid’s grove and hug a tree

As I cook our evening meal

Deep inside I truly feel

The Gods are the reason I'm so fully free

A Royal Threesome

Meghan Markle

Has eyes that sparkle

When she’s about to cum

 Princess Kate must masturbate

'Cause Prince William's rather dumb
I would love to have a threesome 
With Meghan Kate and me

To fuck both royal women

Is an Irish fantasy

The Way of the We

At a Lovin' Coven Sabbat Service

For good food we are glad

And we love to worship the Goddess

Beneath the moon skyclad

We believe our wine and pasta

Gives us sacred ken

And when we pray

We love to say

In the holy name of Aine, R’amen

Since we are all Vegans

We believe in marinara sauce

Did you know the meat you eat

Comes from an animal holocaust

If you’d like to join us

We are all around 

Just ask some loving Witchy friends

They’ll tell you where we can be found

Spirituality

Spirituality is what I seek

Enlightenment is true

If you’re looking for some answers

This is what I’d do

Late at night light a candle

And have a cup of tea

Sit comfortably in your favorite chair

And meditate silently

The answers will come to you

You’ll find a religion that is real

Do this every night

And trust the things you feel

You will find within a month

A sense of serenity and love

And that God is living deep within you

Not in Heaven up above

Tantra

Tañya is religious

For a girl who’s horny as a goat

When she gets down on her knees to pray

Instead she goes deep throat

Every morning I wake her up

As the Sun begins to rise

I go beneath the bed sheets

And lick between her thighs

She loves to do it cowgirl style

She rides me till I can cum no more

After three or four times

I get very sore

I love having sex with Tañya

I make sure she cums each day

Having a Kama Sutra sex life

Is how Tantric Pagans pray

High Heels

When Tañya comes home at six each night

Dinner’s almost finished cooking

I am just in awe of her

She’s so smart and good-looking

Tañya is so perfect

She makes me feel complete

After a long day in those high heels

I massage her little feet

I was happy as a bachelor

I never thought I’d tie the knot

But Tañya is my soul mate

And she really is so hot

Wildflowers

Walking through the orchard
Blossoms fill the trees
I hear the sound above me
Of the honeybees

I pick some wildflowers
And put them in the breakfast nook
Then my Tanya's dinner
I begin to cook

Tonight were having baked ziti
With some salad and red wine
It's almost six and our dinner
Will be ready right on time

Every night I cook our dinner
I do the dishes too
When you're in love and home by three
It's the least that you can do

 Mensa

Tañya is just five foot two

And weighs less than ninety pounds

I think her height is perfect

Her feet can touch the ground

Tañya works out very hard

Every day she hits the gym

She has a perfect little body

Tightly toned and very slim

She received a Mensa level IQ score

When she took their test

Her IQ is one forty four

Witchy wisdom is her quest

She enjoys her career as a real estate broker

She is really doing well

And if you judge her based upon religion

Then you can go to hell

 Elysium Above

Because I am a Pagan

For a good death do I pray

And I know

Where I will go

On my final day

I’ll go be with my Tañya

And all the dogs I love

And with my Lovin' Coven

In Elysium above

I know I’ll have no fear

When it’s my time to die

I’ll go be with the Gods

And leave my loved ones here to cry

Slumber

Is the sky above us

Or is this but a dream

When I meditate at night

Things are so serene

I tend to go to bed by two

And wake up with the rooster’s crow

On four hours sleep I feel alive

I don’t sleep enough I know

If I had a choice

I would never sleep

But four hours is enough

For my slumber’s very deep

Waiting

The Gods are only waiting

To find a few who care
When you begin
To look within

You'll find them waiting there 

Take the Greco-Roman Myths

And read as if they are true
You may just come to believe

You'll be one of the few

Mother Nature

The woods are a temple

There are Gods in the trees

The rocks are alive

I feel the streams breathe

The sun and the moon

The dusk and the dawn

The doe gently feeding
With her small baby fawn

High up in a tree 
A grey squirrel loudly chatters

Protect Mother Nature
She is all that matters

Pixie Dream Girl

My manic pixie dream girl

Little hurricane

Has her life together

It's the world that is insane

My manic pixie dream girl

Never will eat meat

Goes around all summer

In short shorts and bare feet

My manic pixie dream girl

Object of my love and lust

When I'm asleep do you sprinkle me

With your pixie dust?

Lefty Lucy 

Lefty Lucy wears no furs
Sings no hymns
Prefers hers
Lefty Lucy she's OK
Says let's do lunch some other day
Lefty Lucy righty tighty
She's as wise as God almighty
Lefty Lucy lefty loose
She says that God's real name is Zeus
Lefty Lucy I do agree
This is a fact that few men see

Grandma's Wedding Advice

My Tomarsheen

Bring her flowers often

Kiss her when you meet

Always open the car door

And at the restaurant hold her seat

When you’re walking down the road

Reach out and hold her hand

For life is but an hourglass

Running low on sand

Tell her that you love her

Say the things you feel

Write her love notes every day

And she’ll know your love is real

Tanya is a very 

Special little lass

But if you fail to cherish her

Her love will quickly pass

Finally my Tomarsheen

Take her to Mass each and every week

And you will have a happy home

Which is all any man should seek 

Gram

I wear my Grandma’s claddagh

It was her wedding band

When she lay dying in the hospital

She put it on my hand

She said Tommy remember the old ways

Keep the traditions I taught

And always pray - For the IRA

And remember why we fought

I stayed with her unto the end

And wouldn’t leave her side

I softly wept when my Gram

Gave up the ghost and died

My Grandma was like Tañya

A good Witch who loved the Mass
I'm sure when she was younger
She was a naughty little lass

As I Grow Older

As I grow older

I slowly mature

I have the heart of a boy

But I'm now so much more

As I grow older

I ponder the past

And I have a feeling

Life doesn't long last

As I grow older

My love deeply grows

My soul becomes wiser

The truth my mind knows

Rebellion

I am a fallen angel

Seduced to the other side

But I know the scripture

And I know the Messiah lied

Fifteen times within the Gospels

The Messiah prophesied

He would return to begin his kingdom

Before his disciples died

So now I worship the Gods of old
And I'm a Pagan with some pride
I was once a Christian
But I joined the other side

 The Bodhisattva

The match lights a candle

That burns through the night

I listen in silence

As I watch its light

As I meditate

My mind becomes clear

The sound of my breath

Is all that I hear

A serene peace of mind

Is all that I feel

It's almost as if

Nothing is real

There are some things

Every day I must do

Just as I eat

I must meditate too

Karma

I've begun enjoying milk and eggs once again

Since Tañya has become my wife

We have a hen house by the barn

And we have a strong reverence for life

Being a Veg adds years to your life

And is good for you spiritually too

Karma's not based on what you believe

You’re blessed for the good that you do

The Vegetarian Mind

Socrates was a Vegetarian
Tesla and Einstein too
For Buddha, da Vinci, Plato and Gandhi
This was the most compassionate thing they could to do

Some of the world's finest minds
Have believed in a Vegetarian diet 
If you feel the calling to go Veg 
Do some research and just try it

Split Rock Quarry

We go to the quarry called Split Rock

Every summer to cliff dive

We take my truck on a trail through the woods

And hike up a hill that's too steep to drive

Tañya takes off her tank top

And smiles as she slides off her short skirt

She looks at me with a gleam in her eye

She is an insatiable flirt

After we swim I make some burritos

We have cases of Coronas on ice

I pull Tañya close and softly I whisper

My God you are looking so nice

We stay at the quarry for days at a time

And sleep in my oversize tent

If you've never gone to a quarry cliff diving

Your summers just aren't well spent

The Village

We have two beautiful Clydesdales

Every day we love to ride

We take them through the wooded trails

Till we reach the riverside

And we have two black Maine coon cats

Sabrina has a white bib on her chest

Savannah is her sister

They love to hunt all day then rest

We rescued a Springer Spaniel

After Good Girl passed

Reilly is a loving pup

Long may his dog’s life last

We have a hen house full of chickens

And a cow named Bess

We often play out in the hay

I love to watch Tanya undress

We have sheep and goats and llamas

On our petting farm

We teach busloads full of children

How Vegans do no harm

I am very happy

On our farm that’s filled with pheasant

In the Pennsylvania town

Known as the Village of Point Pleasant

Good Girl

Fifteen years ago

You were a puppy in the pound

How was I to know

Such love was in a hound

Beneath a cold November sky

I must let my Good Girl die

As the vet puts her to sleep

I can’t help but softly weep

I hold her lifeless body close

For now this is goodbye

I’ll see you at my wake Good Girl

You’ll be there when I die

Coon Cats

Sabrina and Savannah

Are our two black Maine Coon Cats

They love to hunt and leave their prey

On our back porch mat

The cats go out every morning
They love to hunt all day
They can be found
Just prowling around
Or asleep in the barn in the hay

They come in at dusk

And curl up on my favorite chair

When Tañya goes to bed

They always join her there

We had to get a king size bed

To hold the cats and Good Girl too

But our pets are like our children

So what else could we do

Reilly

Reilly is my dog now

He goes with me everywhere

He is like a child

We are the perfect pair

In Point Pleasant you can take your dog

Into any store or bar

In the summer it gets very hot

You can’t leave them in the car

He is just a year old

No more than a pup

I got him at a rescue

I don’t know who would give him up

Reilly is a Springer Spaniel

A gift from the Gods above

God is dog spelled backwards

‘Cause both are full of love

Reilly and the Coon Cats

Reilly loves to go sailing

The cats love hunting on the dune

I ask Venus sadly

Why did you die so soon

It has been a year since Tañya died

And I find I still am grieving

I’d like to simply sail away

Just tell the Coven I am leaving

I have Reilly and the Coon Cats

They know I’m feeling bad

I know I must move on

But I feel so sad

Perhaps I should date again

Try to live my life

But I’m still in love with Tañya

My late Latina wife

Sleeping

 Now that Tañya’s gone

I dream of her when I am sleeping

Her death has me so sad

I often wake up weeping

I put Chanel upon her pillow

Because I still deeply care

When I burn her favorite incense

It’s almost like she’s there

Tañya’s soul is with me

I feel her from time to time

Though she’s gone for now

Her memory will be mine 

Ghost

I can hear Tañya singing

Like when she used to cook

I see her shadow by the fire

When I'm curled up with a book

Sometimes there is movement

In her rocking chair

I know this is her ghost

For nobody’s there

Tañya is with me

She is welcome to stay

But when the cups fall and go crashing

For her ghost do I pray

Santa Muerte

I've thought long and hard

About life's basic truths

Philosophical questions

With self-evident proofs

On life's greatest mystery

I have peace of mind

When I'm at my wake

I know what I'll find

All men must face

The angel of death

But I know I’ll see Tañya

When I draw my last breath

Ange de Amour

You always said you would be careful

In those New Hope bars

I used to warn you what bad Witches do

To pretty girls with flashy cars

You had a gin and tonic

Not too much to drink and drive

If you only had your seat belt on

You’d still be alive

I sold the petting farm to our Coven

I could not bear to stay

And I bought a schooner

I named her the Besame

I’m living in our shore house

And I spend my days sailing out to sea

When I gaze upon the clouds

I know you’re watching over me

Every day at dawn - I pray upon our dune

And I ask Persephone - Why she took your life so soon

Please take care of Good Girl

And meet me at my wake

Those the Gods love deeply

Are the first ones that they take

We Buried Tañya’s Ashes

We buried Tañya’s ashes

Beneath a puddingstone

We were in love for six short years

Now I'm all alone

We buried Tañya’s ashes

In a cedar chest

She always was so full of life

I hope she finds some rest

We buried Tañya’s ashes

In the lower field

It will take forever

Before my heart has healed

We buried Tañya’s ashes

On our petting farm

I don’t know if this is legal

But we saw no harm

Now that Tañya's buried

It’s time for me to go

The animals will be cared for by the Coven

 Of this I surely know

Tommy and Tañya

When I contemplate

Our tragic fate

Although you were drugged

It’s not in me to hate

I know I'll see you one-day

Until then I'll pray

At my wake you'll be waiting

And with you I will stay

In Elysium above

We’ll be in love

And you’ll be my spiritual wife

When your eyes I see

Then I will be free

For you give meaning to life

Today

Tañya I love you so much

I would give my soul to hear you say

Tommy I’m home How are you my love

Venus said I could stay with you for one more day

Passion

A girl came from the Coven

She was standing in the snow

I asked if she would come in

She said That’s why I’m here you know

She sat before the fire

In Tañya’s rocking chair

She was young and pretty

With beautiful blonde hair

I asked if she would like some wine

She said Yes and have you any weed

I kept my kush up in the kitchen cupboard 

More than I would ever need

She said The girls in the Coven have been talking

You’ve been alone now for a year

I thought you’d like a lover

Someone to hold you near

I’ve always had my eye on you

But out of respect for your late wife

I decided just to let you mourn

Then help you get on with your life

Passion moved in that very night

My time of mourning finally ends

I have found true love again

Thanks to my Lovin’ Coven friends

The Blessing

She said My name is Silke

But Passion’s what my friends call me

It's not good to be alone

So I’ve come to set you free

She reached out and held my hand

And gazed into my eyes

She asked if she should stay the night

Or should she say goodbye

I led her to the bedroom

Where we made gentle love

Passion is a second blessing

From the Gods above

 

Yule

I bought Passion a Christmas gift this year
One that brought some Yuletide cheer
A gorgeous full-length fox fur coat

Now being Vegan's not a game 
But Passion loves fur all the same
So in the pocket I left her a beautiful love note

You are my lover and my best friend,
May our passion never end 
I love you so much, Te Amo is a bit of what I wrote

Passion had asked for some nice wool socks
Instead I bought her arctic fox
From a furrier who has a yacht next to my schooner

When I saw Passion's pure delight
I knew what I had done was right
And I wished I had thought of this gift so much sooner

When we saw the Coven on Yule Day

All the girls had much to say

They were so full of envy Passion had to grin

There was a teenage Gothic Witch
Who said to Passion like a bitch
As a Vegan I believe a fur coat is a sin

So Passion looked her in the eye
And said You have a point I cannot lie
By the way I like the boots and biker jacket you are in

As we were driving home that night
Passion said I know you think that girl was right
And it hurt your conscience to buy me arctic fox

But this fur is pure luxury
Never has a guy been so good to me
I would have cried if you had bought me those wool socks

The moral to this little tale
There are times when we all fail
For we all fall short of the essence of the Bruja Rede

Do unto others and harm none
Life is both hard work and fun
So wear your boots and with compassion feed 


Blue Stockings

She has blonde hair and blue stockings

And I love to watch her strut

She has much larger breasts than Tañya

And a perfect Nordic butt

She likes to wear white dresses

That she buys and then re-sews

She always wears blue stockings

The Way she full well knows

Like a Viking she loves sailing

She is lustful on the sea

Yet I thank God her perfume

Is Eternity

Petit Ange

Tañya's gone

And life goes on

Now I'm with my lover Passion girl

But what I really miss 

Is Tañya's soul kiss

To kiss her once I would give the world

Though Passion I love

Like an ange from above

I know Tañya I’ll never replace

My beautiful Dominicana

With her big smile, bright eyes, and sweet face

Book of Shadows

When I read my Tañya’s letters

She was so in love with me

When I read her Book of Shadows

I was amazed at all that she could see

She even knew her time was near

And that she soon would die

She wrote me a final letter

This was her sad goodbye

She locked her last love letter away

To be opened when she passed

Tañya so deep is my love for you

And will forever last

Passion is so cheerful

She is just what my soul needs

Passion is so full of love

Though she knows my heart still bleeds

 Persephone

When Good Girl died I went out

And got Reilly right away

When Tañya died I took a year

To grieve and mourn and pray

Persephone is the Goddess

Who has answered my deepest prayer

With an angel I have come to love

Who has blue stockings and blonde hair

Elysium

Late at night when I meditate

Tañya and I still talk

I can smell 

Her Chanel

When Reilly and I walk

Tañya told me Elysium is so beautiful

And Valhalla is too cold

That she'll be with me till the end

When I am very old

She said my deepest prayer was answered

And she’ll be waiting at my wake

And trusting ugly New Hope hags

Was her one mistake

Red Rose

My new lover’s Norwegian name is Silke

But Passion is her Coven name

She used to be a fashion model

Now she’s in the fine arts game

She always writes love letters

With her antique calligraphy pen

She used to fool around with beautiful women

And date models who were muscle men

Every day I buy Passion a rose

She keeps them all over our home

I leave them with a note on her pillow

And usually write her a love poem

Valhalla

I spoke with Merci the High Priestess

And asked for her advice

Was it too soon to marry Passion

She said Oh Biv that would be nice

So I went to Tañya’s jeweler

And picked out a gorgeous diamond ring

Now around the beach house

I hear Passion sing

We decided to have the wedding

In August on Lamas Day

So all of our friends can get stoned

We’ll be married on the Besame

We’ll have a bonfire reception

On the Cape May beach

True happiness is once again

Just within my reach

Then we’ll honeymoon in Norway

So I can meet all of Passion's kin

Though Passion made me promise

No more threesome sin

Purity and Prudence

Passion had identical twins
A couple of years ago
Purity and Prudence are my daughters
They are gifted young Brujas I know

They have Passion’s heart and hair
And they have my eyes and soul
Seeing them grow up healthy and happy
Now is my life's true goal

Purity loves writing poems and spells
Prudence loves photography and art
To encourage their creativity
Homeschooling this year did I start

In the summer we go surfing and sailing
In January we go to Vermont to snowboard and ski
My girls love the ocean and the mountains
And spending time with Passion and me

Now that I have twin daughters

My three gorgeous women the roost are ruling

Life can be exhausting when you are over-sexed
And two gifted young Brujas homeschooling

Puddle Duck 

The girls have brushed their teeth for bed

They are upstairs in the bath

While they’re splashing in the water

I listen to them laugh

I tell the girls a bedtime story

They love the Tales of Puddle Duck and Tom Cat
I make the stories up as I go along
Passion is always amazed by that

Before I tuck them into bed

We say a little prayer

That Venus and Apollo

Bless all for whom we care

They fall asleep so quickly

This has been another busy Bruja day

My three loving little ladies

Are the reason I now pray

 

Breakfast

Every day I make Breakfast

For my lady and our twins

I get up before the sunrise

This is how my day begins

 

I put a kettle of tea

And fry up eggs or some pancakes

I get Passion up with a gentle kiss

The girls are already wide awake

 

Passion usually has a grapefruit

The girls love fresh orange juice

When I make them scrambled eggs

I say I got them from a wild goose

 

On weekends the girls have cereal

Prudence loves Coco Puffs with chocolate milk

Purity loves Captain Crunch and sliced bananas

Passion wears her pajamas made of silk

 

The twins help me make omelets or pancakes

Or some simple Veggie recipe

They really are very good cooks

Soon they’ll be chefs better than me

 

Eternal Love

I have had good lovers

Who have changed my life in many ways

And though they are a memory

They’ll be with me all my days

I was blessed that Passion found me

For I really wasn’t looking

But every woman loves to have

A man who does the cooking

Twin Brujas

From the moment we met

 I knew there was hope yet

That love would be mine for life

By the next Lamas

Passion and I made our promise

We would be husband and wife

A new life begins
And now we have twins
Things are going so well

But we are both sure
We won't have any more
For at times life with twin Brujas is hell

Queen of the Dead

I had a red Karmann Giah

She was a sacred car

 With her I followed the Grateful Dead

On a tank of gas she'd go so far

You could sleep in the back of her

She would comfortably hold two

I was in my twenties

You know what we would do

I gave her to my sister

And Kelly drove her till she died

Bertha was a beautiful car

When we lost her Kelly cried

Every car I ever had

Had a good name and a soul

But Bertha was the best of them

She was the Queen of Rock and Roll

A Mentor

When it comes to the Craft

There are only two paths you can take

One is the path of eternal love

The other path you should forsake

One path is for the good Brujas

This is the path to the right

To the left is the Prince of Darkness

Search for the Angel of Light

It is easier to stay out than get out

When you are choosing a Path

So find a mentor who is loving and true
And avoid those who instill fear of wrath

  

Magically Delicious

Slice some oranges, lemons, and some limes

This recipe takes little time

Add two cups of sugar and a pint of rum

Add a gallon of sweet red wine

Soon you will be feeling fine

Add some magic mushrooms so your mind will cum

The mushrooms grow by mossy streams

They're known to cause intense daydreams

Which are very mellow and so very nice

Store this in a copper pot

In the winter serve it hot

Or you can chill the wine by adding lots of ice

Summerland Sangria's magically delicious

And this old recipe truly is propitious

When you drink this wine I'm sure you will agree 

The future will meld with the past

You’ll wish all night the trip would last

And you'll love to make this for your next orgy

Triquetra

Brujas and Druids worship with the wheel of the year

The Sabbats and Esbats are our holy days

We call down the Moon when she is full

These are our sacred Pagan ways

We do not worship Christ or the Devil

We believe in love and the truth

We are serene, happy, joyous and free

This alone is our living proof

If you’d like to join a Lovin' Coven

Study alone for a year and a day

Then search online for one that meets on the full moon

A Coven that teaches the Way

May you find a good Lovin’ Coven

May you get a beautiful triquetra tattoo

Or you may choose to fly solo

Whichever you prefer to do

Imagine

Imagine there’s no factory farming

And no hungry children too

Imagine if the world was Vegan

And our problems were so few

Imagine there’s no heaven

It is just as well

Imagine the Bahamas

Are the extent of living hell

I believe I’ll live to see the day

When the human race evolves

Spiritual solutions

Will our deepest problems solve

Yes

 

The answer’s always yes

Unless you know it must be no

Say yes to life and love

And in wisdom you will grow

 

Go where you have friends

For there do you belong

But if you’re filled with doubt

You should stay out

Your instincts are never wrong

 

The best answer is yes

Though you should trust the things you feel

If you know the answer’s no

Just say so and be real

 The Way Home

I still enjoy my morning Mass

And going to AA

I’m a Druid and a Bruja

This is my Sacred Way

 

For each of us there is a path

That simply just feels right

Finding your life’s destiny

Takes wisdom and insight

 

When you find the Way

Which leads to your eternity

May you be blessed

And pass your test

May you be set free

 

Carpe Diem

I get up before the dawn

And have a cup tea

Then I read the Sutras

And meditate silently

In a way I’m wealthy

For I’m serene and so content

And I have found in this life

True enlightenment

My opus is now finished

I end my little tome

I hope you have enjoyed

These enchanted passion poems

I close my book and wish you well

I pray you find the Way

And if you already are a Bruja

Then blessed be your day

If you would like a beautifully bound copy of my poems for $4 they are available on Amazon under the title Goddess of the Grove by Thomas O'Connor. All proceeds will be donated to 11th Hour Rescue the no-kill animal shelter where I adopted my bloodhound Good Girl and my springer spaniel Reilly.