To accompany my limited edition handmade books for the poem “The Old Man of the Woods,” as well as the wall print edition, I have created a video:
A magical underground world
Invocation
From the shadows of the pool,
Black as midnight, thick as gruel,
Come, my nymphs, and you shall be
Silent images of me.
Suck the honey from my lips,
Dance upon my fingertips.
When the darkness tolls the hour,
I shall have you in my power.
Fast upon us, spirits all,
Listen for our whispered call.
Whistling kettle, tinkling bell,
Weave your web and spin your spell.
(from The Witch’s Sister by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor)
The Starling
Ink & Light
The Old Man of the Woods
Past the wall of gray stones, through the trees,
In a house made of spells, full of books,
With a light in his eye and his mind,
There he waits – the Old Man of the Woods.
The Old Man of the Woods
July 2021
Nine-stanza poem printed on linen paper with wood-grain cardstock covers, bound with linen thread. Original pen-and-ink illustrations made with oak gall ink. Vintage decorated capital letters. Hand-embellished with stamped crows and inked rune. Limited edition of 18 books. Hail Odin.
© Dver
Sopor Aeternus
It is strange to sleep alone, in a place no one knows….
As through the pipes the water fell, down to the bottom of the well….
Oh Saturn come devour me….
There is an old goat knocking at my windowpane…..
He’s the only human friend I’ve ever had….
The Bog
“He walks in the mud, moves aside the reeds
No clapping of wings, no motions around
Just the singing wind in an ominous silence
I’ll take you down there”
(Bigod 20, “The Bog”)
Polaroid photographs © Dver 2021
Anton Corbijn
Anton Corbijn – master of the surreal 90s music video
“Walking in my Shoes”
“Heart-Shaped Box”
“Mockingbirds”
“Liar”
“Headhunter”
En Limnais
Photographs (Diana medium format film camera) © Dver 2021
imWalde 