12-21-2018, 06:44 AM
A poem for the season, by Hawaii writer W. S. Merwin:
THE SOLSTICE
They say the sun will come back
at midnight
after all
my one love
but we know how the minutes
fly out into
the dark trees
and vanish
like the great ohias and honey creepers
and we know how the weeks
walk into the
shadows at midday
... continues at:
https://merwinconservancy.org/2017/12/th...ws-merwin/
THE SOLSTICE
They say the sun will come back
at midnight
after all
my one love
but we know how the minutes
fly out into
the dark trees
and vanish
like the great ohias and honey creepers
and we know how the weeks
walk into the
shadows at midday
... continues at:
https://merwinconservancy.org/2017/12/th...ws-merwin/
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