Collette Nic Aodha

Zodiac
Collette nic Aodha

Today I look into the houses of the moon
High Priestess of Babylon points out my route,

Girdle of Ishtar doesn't give a green light
to my expectation of affairs on the twenty ninth

I pass through seven gateways, feel my descent,
each worldly attachment discarded

wrap myself in seven veils,
inhale the scent of cedar incense.

Colette Nic Aodha 's poetry collections are Baill Seirce (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1998); Faoi Chrann Cnó Capaill (Coiscéim, 2000); and Gallúnach-Ar-Rópa (Coiscéim, 2003). Her short stories are collected as Ádh Mór (Coiscéim, 2004). Sundial, published by Arlen House in September 2005, is her first collection of poetry in English and has been ten years brewing. She edited an anthology of her students poetry, Pailéad an tSaoil/ Palette of Life, 2006. Her next collection, Between Curses/Bainne Géir, a dual language collection will be published in September 2006 by Arlen House.