Today is the winter solstice, which as I have explained on various occasions, in the past, is for me the natural New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day rather than the arbitrary 31 December/1 January. Obligatory Stonehenge winter solstice image Today in also the occurrence of a so-called great conjunction in astronomy/astrology, which is when, viewed from […]
The solar year ends and starts with a great conjunction — The Renaissance Mathematicus
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Winter 2020-2021 TBR — The Book Lovers’ Sanctuary
Rooks settle
squawking on willow,
blotches of black
against interminable grey.
Patches of snow remain,
dappling the manky grass,
where a lone sparrow
hops around, in hope.
The limp Union Flag
smothers St George
in the dank, freezing air,
a nation sleepwalking
in a bizarre masque.
Winter’s privation bites
deeper this year;
do the birds suspect —
do they know?
And where do we go?
Copyright Francis 2020
A treacherous path
Blinding darkness envelops
Winter’s dual clasp
Copyright Francis 2020
Ciscography 