Avalon

Posted by Justin Wiggins | Jun 23, 2023 | King Arthur Legendarium, Poetry

Avalon

The sacred Isle

Separate from the mortal realm

Can be glimpsed by the entrancing spell

Of music, books, and visual art that tells

The alchemy of The Great Bard’s Celtic Song

Its power brings harmony out of chaos

And makes weak mortal

Hearts beat strong!

Avalon

Where The Once And Future King Arthur sleeps

Until Merlin raises his staff and utters the spell

To wake Albion’s King

For the last battle and the defeat

Of evil and the powers of darkness

There will be no more weeping nor tears

Only great rejoicing, love, song, art, and landscapes beyond comprehension

And The Great Bard will humbly wash our weary feet!

Citation Information

Justin Wiggins, “Avalon,” An Unexpected Journal: King Arthur Legendarium 6, no. 2. (Summer 2023), 136.

About The Author

Justin Wiggins

Justin Wiggins is an author who works and lives in the primitive, majestic, beautiful mountains of North Carolina. He graduated with his Bachelor's in English Literature, with a focus on C.S. Lewis studies, from Montreat College in May 2018. His first book was Surprised by Agape, published by Grant Hudson of Clarendon House Publications. His second book, Surprised By Myth, was co-written with Grant Hudson and published in 2021. His most recent books (Marty & Irene, Tír na nÓg, Celtic Twilight, and Celtic Song) were published by Steve Cawte of Impspired. Wiggins has also had poems and other short pieces published by Clarendon House Publications, Sehnsucht: The C.S. Lewis Journal, and Sweetycat Press. Justin has a great zeal for life, work, community, writing, literature, art, pubs, bookstores, coffee shops, and for England, Scotland, and Ireland.