Saturday, December 21, 2013

TC: Solstice ("Cold floating days...")


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House sparrow (Passer domesticus) with winter plumage: photo by 3268zauber, 3 January 2009




Cold floating days, difficult to keep body

Temp. up as planet cools off mysteriously

This P.M. two small grey birds bump

Around in the rose bush for a while

A capella (no rush hour for once)

In last rays of tinny Christmas sun

While voluntary trumpets are quietly

Emitted by radio into Jerusalem foiled sky

Far off and to our great astonishment

O blue earth sounds your golden flower

From the bell of its silver horn

I didn’t think it would ever come back on




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House sparrow (Passer domesticus) in non-breeding plumage: photo by 3268zauber, 3 January 2009

2 comments:

Mose23 said...

Very moved by this; the fragile joy.

TC said...

Thank you Duncan, and may the season bring its fragile joys to you and Karen, all love from us here.