Winter is here! Yesterday I was at the nature park I spent the summer at and noticed just how much further I could see through the parking lot and on the trails. So much foliage has died back but the woods are still full of life. The newts have migrated up into the forest and winter flocks of birds were everywhere. Today, the Full Moon day in December, the sun rises at 7:46 am and sets at 4:28 - compared to a 7:31 sunrise at the beginning of the month. What does winter look like where you are? Here is some poetry and song for a long full moon night. Enjoy!
by Tim Nolan
So much I've forgotten
the grass
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| Winter |
the birds
the close insects
the shoot - the drip -
the spray of the sprinkler
freckles - strawberries -
the heat of the Sun
the impossible
humidity
the flush of your face
so much
the high noon
the high grass
the patio ice cubes
the barbeque
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| Winter |
the buzz of them -
the insects
the weeds of them - the dear
weeds - that grow
like alien life forms -
all Dr. Suessy and odd -
here we go again -
we are turning around
again - this will all
happen over again-
and again - it will -
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And also:
Be sure to check out ALL of Vi Hart's recreational mathematics videos. They will rock your world as much as they rock mine.
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