WINTER LOVE
Once I had a winter love, I met on the third day
of December Solstice of nineteen seventy seven.
The flicker turned into a flame and with both
of our hearts on fire, we moved in together.
Living together before the winter season ended
and were together for seventeen winter seasons,
celebrating Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s
Day and sometimes the start of the Easter week.
But the flame of our love still burning was not good
enough to hold us together, even until the next winter.
Went our separate ways and all that was left were
sweet memories, bitter memories to remember.
Now in the winter season of my life, love found me
two years ago during the winter season and after
so many years, it was the best thing that ever
happened to me. Can it be another winter love?
2/18/22 Winter Love Poetry
JCB Brul
winter solstice comes
bare trees, long hibernation
~ don’t risk bleeding lips
gardens lie fallow
field mice attempting entry
~ long dark frigid nights
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Winter solstice—Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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The December solstice marks the start of winter, when the South Pole is tilted closest to the Sun, and the Sun’s rays are directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn. (The seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere.) The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year.
She sits gazing out the window
at the waning afternoon sun
and leans forward in her soft chair
to catch the last bits of daylight.
She recalls her late husband and siblings
as the light fades and snow begins to fall.
She remembers her son from months ago
who visited and lived in New Hampshire
now buried beneath the fresh white snow.
She thinks about her great grandchildren
and how lucky she is to be around
watching them grow, hearing their laughter
savoring these many precious memories.
Sitting in the December darkness
she welcomes tender thoughts of family
that illuminates her spirit all year long.
December solstice
The sun's shortest working day .
Low Winter's high~light .
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