The darkest night
Spiraling In
And back out with the light
Just Delicate Needles
It's so delicate, the light.
And there's so little of it. The dark
is huge.
Just delicate needles, the light,
in an endless night.
And it has such a long way to go
through such desolate space.
So let's be gentle with it.
Cherish it.
So it will come again in the morning.
We hope.
Rolf JacobsenIt's so delicate, the light.
And there's so little of it. The dark
is huge.
Just delicate needles, the light,
in an endless night.
And it has such a long way to go
through such desolate space.
So let's be gentle with it.
Cherish it.
So it will come again in the morning.
We hope.
Translated by Robert Hedin
Copper Canyon Press
i've been enjoying your wonderful advent celebrations! Thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays to you!
a spiral in the snow!!! how perfectly wonderful! and what a lovely celebration of solstice.
i love that poem (did i first hear it from you? i posted it too :))
Here's the link to that CSA farm I told you about.
http://www.sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/
What a lovely poem and celebration!
Beautiful spiral. You have much more snow than we do, although it is now snowing this morning. Happy darkness, may you find fertile ground with the coming of the light.