?Dongzhi

(Solstice sense)

by T.P. Wilkinson / December 25th, 2022

From the tips hanging (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Young and old watching
On the edges waiting
From the tips hanging
tempted by temperatures low.
Raising their eyes
Moderating their sighs
till the breath from the skies
brings them nutritious snow.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

This article was posted on Sunday, December 25th, 2022 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.