Sibyl

A poem by Krikmöklet Egelanaard

Once upon a painted gate

Many words were written—

Some effusive and some cunning.

I stood there reading day and night,

Though my clothes frayed, and

I grew hungry,

The cold was fresh

And fair and lovely, and

I ate the words like 

They were curds and 

Drank the air like 

Honey 

F.S. Church, The Sibyl, engraving, 1887, Frederick Stuart Church, painter; Francis Scott King, engraver, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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A Sibyl was a female seer or prophetess in various regions of the ancient world such as Greece, Babylonia, Egypt, and Italy, according to Merriam-Webster.

Thank you to ReRUSA for permission to use “Falling Into Wood” from the album Funnel to a Thread by music and arts collective, Biota.

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“Sibyl” is from the manuscript The Book of Loons, a collection of children’s verse by Krikmöklet Egelanaard that explores ethics, philosophy, and art inspiring readers to wonder who are the loons?

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