Solstice 2022

Solstice 2020 Point Isabel

            Earth’s Solstice
 
            In another time,
            But this place, this Earth,
            The nations came together
            In Peace.
            And there were still nations,
            With borders to cross,
            But freely.
            And there were languages,
            Not understood by others,
            Different food and customs,
            Religions and beliefs.
 
            But the people learned
            From one another,
            Ate each other’s food,
            Enjoyed their differences,
            As beautiful and just.
            Unity and Peace
            In diversity.
 
            Let us hope, on this dark 
            Solstice night,
            That just as surely
            As the sun will rise
            Tomorrow and shine
            Warmer each day through
            The Winter months to come,
            Peace will also grow
            To shine long and full
            Over our hemisphere
            By Midsummer Day.
                                      
            Peace to All

​MW

The Longest Night
 
This shortest day of Earth’s rotating year
 All come together for the longest night.
The people gather with those they hold dear,
They  chant and sing and dance with ancient rite.
 
Wild animals, their habits longtime bred,
Sleep snug in dens, to other lands migrate,   
To keep them warm as cold times lie ahead,
And even humans stay in warm beds late. 
 
And as the melodies now twine their  way
Through voices that in harmony unite,
And otherworldly voices soon draw near, 
May we pay heed and welcome the New Year.         
 
And may we all observe, in our own way, 
As this, the longest night, soon turns to day.

​MW                                                   

The poets wish all a joyful and peaceful beginning to our hemisphere's New Year! Happy Winter Solstice!