"Incantation" by January Gill O'Neil
I'm going out on a limb with this one, but it's a limb I like, so I'm sticking with it. The title of the poem first reminded me of "willow" because how can you not think of the orbs, green capes, and Taylor's witchy gestures from The Eras Tour when you think of this song? But, it doesn't seem to be a great match with this poem.
So, I searched for the definition of "incantation" and found this little tidbit:
Incantation comes directly from the Latin word incantare, "enchant". Incantare itself has cantare as a root, which reminds us that magic and ritual have always been associated with chanting and music. Incantations have often been in strange languages; "Abracadabra" is a not-so-serious version of an incantation.
I like to think that that's a pretty great Easter egg, and I'm taking it and calling this poem a response to "Enchanted."
As far as if it's the best match, probably not. The song is very much about a first meeting, and the poem seems to suggest a consummation of the relationship, but I like the incantation/enchanted link too much, so I'm sticking with it!
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