Shell—Pilgrimage (4)

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A fan of pathways

 joining at a sacred place

where ocean shells sing.

©2017 Ontheland

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The scallop shell symbol of St James Way is laden with myth and meaning. Shells are worn and offered.  Stylized shell symbols appear on maps and trail markers:

Carpe Diem January 2017 scallop trail marker.jpg

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Map showing routes to Santiago de Compostela —by Mr Manfred Zentgraf, Volkach
,Germany • CC-BY-SA-3.0 .  The heavy red line shows a popular journey from the border of France, west to the northwest tip of Spain. 

 

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My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

8 thoughts on “Shell—Pilgrimage (4)”

  2. A very poetical image, with the fan opening to the shell with its sea-song. I got this sensation of wideness, to be wide-open and ready for a new experience with this journey.

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