The Ancient Yule of the Forest
Morning twilight touched the beauty of the forest As the cardinal flew open with song The silence of mother nature began to awake The needles of the trembling pines falling on the fresh, crisp snow…
Tag: Winter
Everyone Writes a Poem about the Winter Solstice
The moon is falling away from the full The axis of the earth will briefly pause Planets and stars align as the Maker wills And we wonder if we can sense our world Our…
Duncan Douglass’s Wedding Song to His Lady Love
~ by Raymond E. Lipinski It was Yuletide when the snow did come,And a lad dreamed of a girl so fair,Singing a carol at the river’s bend.Her enchanting smile did catch his stare In the…
The Present
The following is a fantasy short story intended to capture the spirit of Christmas while exploring the themes of love, kindness, and hope during this peculiar time of separation and longing for loved ones and…
Is Winter Going to be Harsh?
There are so many sayings and folklores surrounding predicting if winter is going to be a harsh one or not, many of which date back for hundreds of years. Many of these folklores on predicting…
Remembering Blessings
One ChristmasI rememberlooking out the windowin the ivory snowon a brown, barren tree branchsat a beautiful cardinal,and he didn't seem to mind the cold ashe sat out in the windy snow strewnsong of winter;he simply…
A Winter Soul
Winter fills my soul with joy,as the leaves fall and the temperature drops.The brisk mornings and frost laced windows,lasting longer each day, before they fade.Puddles turn to ice with a mirror shine,tempting to be broken…
The First Winter Snows
The rich scent of woodsmokelies thick in the air.The leaves have all fallenand the branches are bare. Warm sunlight – a memorylike the scent of a rose.A new scent has replaced itof the first winter…
The Black Knight and the Green Man: A Winter Solstice Tale – Part 2
When the Black Hunter returned to the Lair, he was in good spirits despite how grim his mission had turned out that night. He related the tale to his ally when he appeared and the…