Avatar is the movie that immediately springs to mind when considering a film portrayal of a goddess-centered culture. As the highest-grossing film of all time, however, and the winner of three Academy Awards, it’s doubtful that few of The MOON’s readers have missed seeing Avatar. If you’re one of them, it’s worth seeing on several levels. Less well-known are the following three goddess-invoking features: Goddess Remembered is a 1989 Canadian […]
Stephanie Wright | Psalm No. 23
I never took well to following the crowd, A List or otherwise, preferring a sideways almost in-between that kept ’em guessing, and the thought of flocking to anyone’s staff? I hear laughter’s good for the soul. Never wanted really not for much nor very often and if my currents ran swift with few eddies, I carried the righteous with me, returning to the source as my cup runneth over; […]
Rebecca Buchanan | Selected poems
Rightly I Am Called She came over the mountains over the hills over the plains through forests and valleys Her long hair dragging behind entangling trees rocks lions wolves Banging her drums Shaking her bracelets her anklets King of the Gods, he calls himself claiming throne and sky — he even tried to steal my drums, hurling thunder But Mother of All the Gods am I My daughters and sons […]
Faith Paulsen | Three poems
Still There Inspired by a painting by Elizabeth Catanese After class, two children clean the blackboard erasers, bumping them together, soft cymbals. White dust billows, settles on eyes and noses. They laugh, choking, play teacher, white chalk tapping. In a game of hangman, letter by letter, two words assemble, a school play, brave, vulnerable, Still There. Once you’ve seen the words on the cover, you don’t need to read the […]
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