Herbal Poems of Long Winter Nights, I: Burdock Root
by Fanny Mae
16th January 2026
Arctos,
treading on this earth
digging for the light
walk across the sky
knower of the night
don’t let me go
old one
don’t let me go too deep
hold on to me
as you head for winter’s sleep
you who fears nothing,
not the dark,
not the light,
can I climb onto your back,
will you walk me
through this night?
‘Burdock’, Plant series 11/51, by Diana Bejker
Fanny Mae is a musician, Insight Herbalist, and plant/song ritualist. She creates songs and poems from a place of deep connection with the land, the ancestors, and her plant kin. songoftheearth.uk
Striking the depths
In simple fluidity
Through Winter’s gaze
Arctos