Best Candlemas Poems

Aconites gazing into the sun
'neath catkins dangling,finely spun

Awakened mammals desert their holes
rummaging midst the hazel boles

Long twilight days in winter's shade
tomorrow..brings snowdrops in the glade...

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40th day for messenger of God 
He is the only true world's mode 
The christianity celebrates as holy day 
Almighty is 'Jesus Christ' by the...

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Midst
hedgerows
turning green-
nature's pastiche
slowly awakens from its winter sleep....

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dampness and dolour
cold dark days disappear-
begone,winter fear


Candlemas is today 2nd Feb...

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Hallows Eve to Candlemas,
the sun now turning south,alas;
November sombre,December dark,
January,February cold and stark.
Catkins litter the forest floor,
beeches shed their leaves galore.
Gales melange the mix,as decay...

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Trees
begin
to bud as
Winter turns to
Spring

Ekphrasis Spatewinter by Alfons Walde

http://www.beyars.com/partner-objekt_84900_walde-alfons-1891-1958.html...

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The Caravel Moon with its dark grey sails on the high seas of a stormy dark blue sky

on the flickering eve of Candlemas. I watch...

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re-post inspired by Constance contest

WINTER HAIBUN

Hallow Eve to Candlemas,the sun now turning south,;November is
sombre,December dark,January,February cold and stark.Catkins litter the forest 
floor,beeches shed their leaves...

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snowfall in the dell-
             spring blossom dies

sunshine on my face-
   ...

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WINTER HAIBUN (Afterword )

shapes spread statuesque

foliage in Winter clothes-

melancholy me

Hallow Eve to Candlemas,the sun now turning south,;November is
sombre,December dark,January,February cold and stark.Catkins litter the forest...

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On Candlemas day-
ground feeding birds
pecking through
the green
shoots...

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Hallow Eve to Candlemas,the sun now turning south,;November is
sombre,December dark,January,February cold and stark.Catkins litter the forest 
floor,beeches shed their leaves galore.Gales melange the mix,as decay...

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The date of the celebration
(the second day of February) coincides
with medieval feast of Candlemas,
and its pre-Christian predecessor,
Imbolc, a day also rich in folklore.

An old Scottish...

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These days belong to snow and cold.
The leaden heart and ashen skies
Conspire with the dark
That steals the hours daily
Settles us into an unquiet peace.

Showing sense,
Creatures...

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Groundhog Day 
What is it they say?
If he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter 
Should we let something like this become a hinder
After...

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