When It Is Winter

When It Is Winter

Whence from shine the seasons to whom and to where

High on snow peaked mountains sits the Buddha under a fir tree

Exalted warm in the glow of change and stillness he mediates

Never ending contradictions assembles frost transcends right there


In the heat of the desert Northern lights shed their guidance

To similar truth’s complementation seek meaningful sense


In abandon vast perception’s years cycle from our point of views

Swift within and without riches and scrap heaps of dissimilar hues 


When periods swell and spell interchange across planets and orbit

In constant revolution vison blind folded deceptions and ruses

No one come high tides water or drought can simply absorb it

The winter is summer as spring turns to autumn and perspective

Emerges in harmony when my lights in the South levitate from

Reclusion where wise humans freeze sweat which is highly subjective

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 1/2/2017 4:14:00 AM
I have always been aware of the hemisphere opposites because of flying down under, I had to keep both summer and winter clothing in my closet. I enjoyed your introspective poem Kai. Have a blessed new year! : ) 7
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 1/3/2017 1:30:00 AM
Thank you Connie. Happy traveling in this New Year...Kai
Date: 12/31/2016 12:15:00 AM
I always like following your train of thoughts, sometimes it's abstract, sometimes more grounded... I always am awed by your acrostics, you're good at them. This one is no exception.
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 1/3/2017 1:30:00 AM
Thanks Darren. I appreciate that. Kai
Date: 12/27/2016 6:38:00 PM
Nicely done, Kai. You write with such awareness of nature. Also so cool it is done acrostic form. Thanks so much for the contest you recently hosted. I loved it!
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 12/30/2016 7:19:00 AM
Thank you Andrea. It is mostly stream of consciousness. Many wishes, Kai
Date: 12/27/2016 4:55:00 AM
A great work ... worth reading several times ...
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Date: 12/30/2016 7:19:00 AM
Thank you Probir. Wishes, Kai
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