Welcome December

Sue Cartwright • 1 December 2024

A poem to welcome in the Winter Solstice and the festive season

Welcome December - A Poem by Sue Cartwright, Spiral Leaf


Welcome December

The first day leading to the shortest of the year;

When we are born again and a new life cycle begins.

Waiting for the light, we commemorate the hope it brings.


Welcome December

A peaceful time as Nature's creatures hunker down;

Starling murmations, mesmerising in the sky;

A Cold Moon shimmers with star clusters, way up high. 

 

Welcome December

Bare trees, trellised in patterns on icy fields;

Robins hop from branch to branch, singing their song;

Nature's landscapes, etherically beautiful, quiet, surreal.


Sue Cartwright

Spiral Leaf




Thank you for sharing!

 for you, for me and for Mother Nature

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