It's Poetry Friday, and Karen Edmisten is hosting on her website, The Blog With The Shockingly Clever Title! Find it here! 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 |
Today, right now, HURRAH!
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 ©
Linda, I love your sensory poem so much, especially that "the shout of children in the snow." I also love that the narrator, through words and images, celebrates the splendor of winter, and has made that choice to focus on the beauty of what could be a hard season!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mona, nothing is happening yet, but they say it's coming! I am a snow-lover from way back, though didn't always love driving to work sometimes!
DeleteDear Linda, I love the voice in your poem, and this longing for snow (which we southerners experience not from knowing snow but from how rare it is!). xo
ReplyDeleteThe early news says it's still on the way! It felt like I had to share those snowy feelings. Thanks, Irene!
DeleteSeems very strange to hear that you've had such a mild winter and we're just the opposite. Usually I see pics from you of big snows in March! Lovely poem with wonderful details (quiet hush of earth, shout of children in the snow). Things seem topsy turvy all around, don't they?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jama, many of you have had plenty, I know, and do not wish for more. "Yes", we usually do have a snowy March. It is finally snowing now, just added a pic above, so maybe this foretells our usual. We do need it!
DeleteSuch a beautiful poem, Linda. Although I am looking forward to spring, there are many things about winter I will miss.
ReplyDeleteLovely yearning poem Linda, and I hope for all in CO a satisfying blanket of snow ❄️ to quench earth’s thirst and snow dependent business, thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, the anonymous comment above is from Michelle Kogan.
ReplyDeleteOooh, Linda, this conjured such cozy images for me — the shouts of children in the snow, the "dinner in the early dark," and the flaring fire. There's an especially cozy feeling that accompanies the combination of those three images. It makes me want to curl up with a cup of tea and the books you mentioned too!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with the unique voice of this poem...it's just pitch perfect. So few words to describe a filling, fulfilling feeling of a good old fashioned snow.
ReplyDeleteWe caught a glimpse on FaceTime this evening with our kids! Yay for the white stuff!!!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to all, for enjoying my poem of winter loves and helping to celebrate the snow! They're saying around 7 inches, which will help a lot!
ReplyDeleteSuch atypical weather for you, Linda- and now it snows just to rekindle spirits. How good is that. Your poem gently encapsulates all these things.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it's so hard for ski areas to have an unusual winter. We've had more snow than usual, and I'm ready for spring. I love "dinners in the early dark." I can't wait to sit on my deck for dinner again!
ReplyDeleteWow: breaking records all around. Your simple lyric is just beautiful, actually makes me appreciate "the winter that I (usually don't care to) know"! I'm happy for your March snow!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alan, Marcie, & Heidi. It was a wonderful gift & now the sun is out, temps climbing to the fifties, then seventies later in the week! Spring is coming, along with DST!
ReplyDeleteWhat an odd winter, when Colorado gets so little snow, and the northeast gets bombarded. I so like your poem, Linda. It belongs in a winter anthology!
ReplyDeleteLinda, I can just imagine myself in your home around the hearth. Thanks for bringing me to such a cozy place with your words. WE are finally getting a break with the warmer weather this week and hope my ice dams will finally melt! Here's to spring!
ReplyDeleteI wish wish wish I could send you some of our rain! It's just not fair when we get too much and you have too little! My heart's hurting for Colorado!
ReplyDeleteAgain, many thanks, Susan, Cathy, & Mary Lee. The snow was a huge gift, but except in shadier areas, it's already gone! And, we're again nearing the seventies all week. Now, I guess I can say spring is coming! Thx for the wish, Mary Lee!
ReplyDeleteHappy you got a little snow, and hope you get some needed rain this spring. I love the line "the quiet hush of earth"--it feels like new snow.
ReplyDeleteOh, I hope so, too, Buffy! The snow was marvelous, but more is certainly needed! With DST today, I enjoyed the lingering twilight! Thanks!
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