SC - Marion Zimmer Bradley: Mourning Song (FWD)

[Jen Conrad]

from the SCA-Garb list

Luveday

Coqueo ergo sum ( I cook, therefore I am )


:
: Author, editor, mother, teacher, and oh so much more,
: "Mama Marion" will be indeed missed.
:
: The following composition is from the heart, composed upon the
: instant, and in no way meant to encompass all that this woman
: has meant, and by every measure STILL means, to the Society,
: to fans everywhere, and to her closest friends and loving family.
: It is only the first of my responses.
:
: Would someone please forward this poem to the household in California?
:     * * * * *
:     Mourning: "Mama Marion"
:         written by Mike C. Baker,
:         known also as Rev. Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)
:         and al-Sayyid Amr ibn Maid al-Bakri al-Amra
:             September, AD1999, being Anno Societatis XXXIV
:
: Lifetime of learning has gone on her way
: Departed the body, left here the cold clay
: But legacies of thought and ten lifetimes of lore
: Have passed into our keeping ere she left this shore.
:
:     And the packbeasts mewl soft in their stable
:     And the riderbeasts in their corral
:     Their mistress strides roads where hooves cannot follow
:      But our thoughts can, and evermore shall
:
: Dwellers in mists and the dancers on tides
: Merchants on highroad and some poets besides
: Healers with thoughtforms and medical arts
: Chroniclers of unseen: all now play smaller parts.
:
:     And the huntbirds cry harsh in the closed mews
:     And the canines howl out at the moons
:     Their mistress now ranges before them
:     And her legacy lives on in tunes
:
: She gave us Society's naming and more
: She gave of herself, and knew well the full score:
: Laying no debts, she accepted them still,
: And so gave our thought-words new will.
:
:     And the writers will pound on their keyboards
:     And the singers will fumble their strings
:     What's been long expected no more has rejected
:     Soft night has spread out her kind wings
:
: Now, the filkers will sing soft of Heller's cold night
: And the huxters sell tales of bold spaceships in flight
: The trufen remember, and the fringefen will know,
: Avalon's Lady can now watch the whole show.
:
:     Marion, "Mama", we'll miss you
:     Your kind words, and harsh, and brave smile
:     Rest now, you have given us lifetimes
:     We'll see you beyond the last mile.
:
:     * * * * *
:
:         Pax in requiescat, Mater Marion --
:             may the Powers grant
:             that you have taught us all enough.
:
: Mike C. Baker
: SCA: al-Sayyid Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra
: "Other": Reverend Kihe Blackeagle PULC
:               (the DreamSinger Bard)
: Opinions? I'm FULL of 'em
:
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