Today is 21 December 2024, Day 748 of the Daily Poems. The Winter Solstice, portal to longer days, shorter nights, the New Year and in due course Spring. And, astrologically speaking, Capricorn, the 10th sign of the zodiac, governing the period from 22 December to about 19 January. Our poet Alwyn Marriage heralds this period of hope …
Capricorn
winter solstice, shortest
darkest deep midwinter
day, that heralds in
the goat
don’t bleat, despite
the cold, each day
will now be longer
than the last,
soon the earth will turn
towards the sun,
deep magic stir
and instead of New Year’s
dearth, abundant growth
will once again appear.
Alwyn Marriage