Ode to Winter
Semptember 28, 2025 Poet: Janet M Sola Artwork: Winter at Wagner Creek, Talent, Oregon by Cindy Triplett
Ode to Winter
When we were wolves
We waited for winter
To howl from a dark sky
Eons passed
Now we are pilgrims
Winter whispers to us
Keep your voices down
Come in, your summer sins
Are moldering in leaves
Buried under a prayer of snow
You are forgiven
Now we are travelers
Winter sings to us
From the stream of ice
That freezes blue waltzes
From the dances of your past
Your heart will glide along
Now we are artists
Winter sun spills over us
With its watercolor light
Revealing our private wilderness
And asks: what will you see?
This moment, just now, what do you see?
