Dancing with OYA – a Poem {Kimberly Moore}

February 2, 2015 By Kimberly - Priestess & Founder 3 Comments

Yansa - OYA - Artist Unknown — Yansa – OYA – Artist Unknown

Portents, Omens, Prognostications
Ooooooo Mama

I am shaking the bones
flipping the cards
casting the coconuts
rattling the pods

head thrown back
hands in the air
embodying the
Come to Me

horsetail whisking whisking whisking

Ooooooo Mama

slit eyes through tobacco smoke
beads swinging
skirts gathered spinning spinning spinning

My eyes bleed nine colors

Shhhhhh baby Mama’s here
let’s do that dance that we do

OYA is an Orisha and Goddess originating in Yoruba. Her Feast Day in Lukumi and Santeria is February 2. She is the wind, tornadoes, and the owner of the marketplace. OYA lives at the gates of the cemetery and where you see lightning, you see OYA!

The Goddess and Orisha OYA Portal Page for More Resources

Yansa Photo Elisangela Alberto on Flickr

About Kimberly - Priestess & Founder

Kimberly F. Moore is a Creative Catalyst and Mentor for Women; Shakti-Powered Entrepreneur; Blissful Revolutionary; Hungry Goddess; Writer; and Photographer. Creativity, Passion, and High Energy are her Super Powers and building empires of radical bliss is her life focus.

She is also the Founder and Priestess of MotherHouse of the Goddess and Mystery School of the Goddess

She has been a Goddess Priestess for more than 20 years. Her areas of research, practice, and teaching are focused on Goddess Spirituality, Ritual Practice, Sacred HerStory, Comparative Mythology, and Archetypal Psychology. She has a special connection to Goddesses from the Greek, Hindu, and Yoruban traditions, but has worked with many other Goddesses through the years. She is an Aborisha in Lukumi and a Daughter of Oshun.

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Jennifer Pennington says

February 2, 2015 at 4:12 pm

This poem gave me chills. Beautifully written, Kimberly!

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- Kimberly - Priestess & Founder says
  
  February 2, 2015 at 5:48 pm
  
  Thank you SO much, Jennifer! 🙂 I love that Mama OYA!
  
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  - Jennifer Pennington says
    
    February 3, 2015 at 3:29 pm
    
    I can tell! I felt her spirit running through you in this 🙂
    
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