Three Cauldrons

a triskele poem…

Good words sing thrice, each in three cauldrons,

of warming, vocation, and knowledge,

since poems’ worth echoes of their birth.

~ Wry Welwood, late twentieth century

Wry devised this 2/3/4; 3/3/3; 4/3/2 syllable count form, called “triskele” (three legged) in response to an ancient Irish belief that all people carry three cauldrons inside them, in pelvis, abdomen, and head, responsible for the functions listed in the poem. Levels of spiritual development correspond to whether a given cauldron is upside down, on its side, or upright. The overlap with the concept of chakras is interesting.