Winter Solstice

Winter Road 3 by colin campbell


THE BEST PEDAGOGUE ~ Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence. ~ Street




Quote from LEAVES OF GOLD - An Anthology of Prayers, Memorable Phrases, Inspirational Verse and Prose - From the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern, copyright 1938, 1948

 (I have no idea whatsoever who author Street was, or whether he/she was ancient or considered modern in 1948!)

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Winter Solst-Ice

Winter


Jerk to Skeptic:

Global warming? What global warming? Most of the country is going to have a white Christmas this year.

Skeptic to Jerk:

Yeah, I was beginning to worry about climate change but now I wonder, what with this arctic blast and all...

EARTH to skeptics and jerks:

Don't you realize, don't you see
that I can still make winter when winter is to be.
It's not yet all done for, it's still not too late
for good fishing in the summer
where in winter people skate.

These drifts made from flakes blown
by wind gusts, don't you see
are my messengers you've known
since before memory and you need them
you need me to make them
for penguins, seals, and bears,
for your offspring and for theirs.

Don't you realize, don't you see
that I can still make winter when winter is to be.
It's not yet all done for, it's still not too late
to embrace the cold this Winter Solstice
for your gloved hands hold its fate.

(c) MLM (Lydia) 2008