“December,” by John Updike
First snow! The flakes,
So few, so light,
Remake the world
In solid white
All bundled up,
We feel as if
We were fat penguins,
Warm and stiff.
The toy-packed shops
Half split their sides,
And Mother brings home
Things she hides.
Old carols peal.
The dusk is dense.
There is a mood
Of sweet suspense.
The shepherds wait,
The kings, the tree -
All wait for something
Yet to be,
Some miracle.
And then it’s here,
Wrapped up in hope -
Another year!
Encourage one another,
Donna
Stunning photos.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words.
No snow in LC
I must begin my
Snow dance.
Love you.
xo
I swear you need to publish a book.
ReplyDeleteAn old carol pealing...
... All wait for something, yet to be.
ReplyDeleteYes
Beautiful photo for this Advent season.
PRETTY ! BUT IM NOT READY TO BE COLD!!!
ReplyDeleteDid you take take those? WOW!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous...
ReplyDeleteI love this so much. When I first found your blog, it was when you would post an Updike poem at the beginning of every month and I loved it so. It made me want to read more poetry. This one on December is just too perfect. Thank you for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, and beautiful poem! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteKrista W.
ah hOpe. What we need so badly now....:)
ReplyDeleteThose Updike poems are so dear to me...they remind me of you.
ReplyDeleteYour winter photographs are like paintings...make me think of Narnia.
No snow here, but lots of wind. Like Richard Wright wrote:
"A wild winter wind
Is tearing itself to shreds
On barbed-wire fences."
love and prayers, jep
Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love it when I see these beautiful, serene pictures of nature...........it just calms me. You have such a good eye for these things Donna and after a stressful day, I feel better now. Thanks Pal. Karen F.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are so beautiful, Donna.
ReplyDelete"Some miracle.
And then it’s here,
Wrapped up in hope -
Another year!"
Wrapping up the new year with hope,
Tammy ~@~
poetry feeds the soul, don't you think?
ReplyDeletelove, love, love your pictures and posts....
Thank you all for the kind comments about the photos!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like them!! I like sharing them with you all.
I love both photos, too, but especially that second one. The smallest details of a snow covered tree as so beautiful, if we only stop and see!
ReplyDeleteIt is pouring this morning, and I am so happy. We are supposed to have rain all week. I am so thankful.
Love,
Di
Thanks be to God for your rain Dear Di. Keeping you in our prayers. jep
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