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Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'A Wintry Sonnet', by Christina Rossetti
A Robin said: The Spring will never come, And I shall never care to build again. A Rosebush said: These frosts are wearisome, My sap will...


The Goddesses of January
As we approach Women's Little Christmas on January 6th, or 'Nollaig na mBan' as it is known here in Ireland, it is worth noting that...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Spellbound', by Emily Brontë
The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'The Legend of the Winter Rose', by Kenn Allan
The path beyond the garden gate Weaves 'round the olive trees And leads to where the flowers sway Upon a gentle breeze. Behind the heads...


What can we learn from how Nature spends Winter?
Life's adaptations to the cold and dark part of the year demonstrate how time and patience, in the end, teach us how to survive....


Hibernation
It’s that time of year when the call of winter invites us to retreat here in the northern hemisphere. To rest deeply into the boundless...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Old Christmas', by Mary Howitt
Now he who knows old Christmas, He knows a carle of worth; For he is as good a fellow As any upon earth. He comes warm cloaked and...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: The Legend of the Christmas Robin
"Legend tells how a Robin, On the night of the first noel, Braved the frosty winter night, So the baby might sleep well. Throughout the...


The Shortening Winter's Day is near a Close', by Joseph Farquharson
Joseph Farquharson (1846 -1935) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died at Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He is most famous for his...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Holly', by Andrew Blakemore
At the edge of the field in a hedgerow so tangled, So thick and so dense where the holly does grow, Berries of scarlet are caught in the...


The Cycle of Form and Formless
We are taken into winter, when the leaves are fallen from the trees and the branches are bare. Winter is this barrenness that belongs to...


Snow crystals and the work of Wilson A. Bentley
"The snow crystals come to us not only to reveal the wondrous beauty of the minute in nature, but to teach us that all earthly beauty is...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'The Warm Glow of Home', by Michael Traveler
I see it in the distance the warm glow of home As the dampness in the air sinks down beneath my clothes As the coldness tries to reach my...


The Winter Solstice and the Birth of Sol
We have almost arrived at the winter solstice, the moment when the most northern point of the earth is tilted furthest away from the...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Mistletoe', by John Bannister Tabb
'To the cradle-bough of a naked tree, Benumbed with ice and snow, A Christmas dream brought suddenly A birth of mistletoe. The shepherd...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Snow Song', by Frank Dempster Sherman
Over valley, over hill, Hark, the shepherd piping shrill! Driving all the white flocks forth From the far folds of the North. Blow, Wind,...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'A Winter Scene' by Henry David Thoreau
The rabbit leaps, The mouse out-creeps, The flag out-peeps Beside the brook; The ferret weeps, The marmot sleeps, The owlet keeps In...


Winter Masks and Seasonal Rituals among the Iroquois
"False Faces, among the Iroquois, are personifications of mythical beings who live in wild and isolated regions, on the edge of the known...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Fairy and Child' by Eugene Field
Oh, listen, little Dear-My-Soul, To the Fairy voices calling, For the moon is high in the misty sky And the honey dew is falling; To...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: Exerpt from 'The Night Abraham Called to the Stars: Poems' by Robert Bly
'The candle is not lit To give light, but to testify to the night.' ~ Robert Bly, The Night Abraham Called to the Stars: Poems
