It's Poetry Friday, and Karen Edmisten is hosting HERE on her website, The Blog With The Shockingly Clever Title! Perusing poetry by Arthur Sze, she's written a poem for us all, a way to live on this earth. There are choices!
Thanks for hosting, Karen!
As I'm writing this on Thursday, when it's in the sixties, I'll share the longing that may come true, tomorrow! We've had the longest time since any snow, only a bit of rain on a few days, in the last forty days! We've hit the February record for third warmest, least snowy, second driest! Flowers are coming up and I saw a few flies buzzing around the other day. Ski resorts are hurting, skiers are mourning, as are all the places that depend on very good wintertimes in order to make a living, to keep ALL their employees!
I know, there is a long list of things for us to worry about, and except for my own watering, and trying to make good choices for our environment, other bigger world crises are occurring, too, some of which I can do something about. Certainly, work to be informed, donate when possible, write whomever seems helpful, and volunteer to help those in need, all are on my list.
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| the one snow we can actually call snow - Dec. 3rd |
Winter of My Mind
for the books I read
the cold I know
the shout of children in the snow
dinners in the early dark
fire flaring in the hearth
the cozy home to which I go
the quiet hush of earth
that is the winter that I know
Linda Baie ©