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Day 762 – The wind has shifted (Hopkirk)
Day 762 of the Daily Poems, we’re just four days into the new year, and the dashboard symbol says ICE. There’s frost on the ground, and our poet Colin Hopkirk feels a shift in the wind. The wind has shifted The wind has shiftedNorth the dashboard symbolsays ICE a night fox barksits sharpened cough in… Continue reading
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Day 761 – Bonfire (Plewes)
Our poet Jenna Plewes piles the debris of the old year onto the bonfire, on this frozen morn. Day 761 of the Daily Poems Bonfire Inside,firelight flickers,logs blaze.Outside,the ground is holding its breathtrees are black silhouettesagainst a frozen sky. Birds round as powder puffsrummage through leaf littersearching for food,cattle, motionlesssteam like kettles. Smoke from the… Continue reading
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Day 760 – Kalends (Clark)
Kalends is the first day of every month in the Roman calendar, the start of a new lunar phase. Today is the second day of January, the Day 760 of the Daily Poems, and our poet Fiona Clark steps forward once again to see Kalends clear away the glitter of Christmas. Kalends The Kalends of Januaryenters… Continue reading
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Day 759 – Liminal hour (Clark)
We start by wishing you all a Good New Year on this Day 759 of the Daily Poems! And Fiona Clark, our first poet of 2025, beautifully and elegantly describes the hour of transformation. Peace to the Earth. Liminal hour This is the hour of transformation a liminal time before first lightof the new year. Breakfast… Continue reading
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Day 758 – The year is old (Kennedy)
Today is 31 December 2024. The year is old. On this Day 758 of the Daily Poems we reach an important portal – a door is opening into the New Year. Christmas has been a time of joy for the Kennedy family, as I hope it has been for you – but suddenly and… Continue reading