Suddenly the temperature has taken a dip! Mid-November, and Winter arrives! Meteorological Winter is from December to the end of February. Astronomical Winter is from the Winter Solstice to the Spring Equinox. But many ancient Celtic calendars marked November to January as the core of winter, with Imbolc in early February heralding the first stirrings of spring. So that is the background for this poem.
Winter Blues
Winter Blues
The cold days are here again
Arctic air blast from the North
Rain beating at window pane
Winter’s fingers stretching forth
Darkening mornings, dull, grey
Time for scarf, hat and glove
Seasonal blues come to stay
A time of year I do not love
Early evenings, quickly night
Cold descending like a shroud
Time for fire, burning bright
Winter gale leaves us cowed
Now fallen leaves in gales blow
Pray, O pray, there is no snow
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