Autumn is passing its baton next Tuesday, December 21st to celebrate the end of its radiant season and the Winter Solstice. "This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath." - Margaret Atwood, Canadian Poet
A Winter Solstice Wish
One must have a mind of winter.
Look at winter with winter eyes.
In the smell of the past,
A cold night crosses.
The sweet sense of black birch-
The browns, the olives, and the yellows died.
Close by the jolly fire I sit.
Frosty winds made moan.
The darkest evening of the year,
My heart wears you like curtains.
Wanted: one moment in mountains.
©CV, 2021
Background photo by chandler-cruttenden on Unsplash.
Sources for Winter Solstice Wish
Cento Poem
The Snow Man - Wallace Stevens
Winter Eyes - Douglas Florian
November for Beginners - Rita Dove
Winter Solstice - Hilda Morley
Winter Eyes - Douglas Florian
Winter Song - Wilfred Owen
Winter-Time- Robert Louis Stevenson
A Christmas Carol - Christina Rossetti
Stopping By Woods on a Frosty Evening - Robert Frost
Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today - Emily Jungmin Yoon
Horses in Snow - Roberta Hill Whiteman
Listen to the calming Celtic song, Winter Solstice Song, by Lisa Thiel.
May the miracles of the winter solstice inspire you.
Today is Poetry Friday at Jone Rush MacCulloch's blog. Click here to see the poetic goodness Jone offers as this week's host. Thank you Jone for sharing your amazing double golden shovel poem and news about the New Year Poetry Postcards Event.
If time permits, I will add the last edition of my Bedecked In Autumn Gallery tomorrow. Jone and two of her students are featured in the final gallery edition. Stay tuned.
