Saturday, January 15, 2022

January Summer

January summer

Spreads throughout the southern world

Beyond that equatorial divide,

January summer,

Where bright flowers stand unfurled,

Ensuring that their beauty will abide

Forever, always somewhere,

Whatever petals fall from the other side.

 

I wrote this short poem while out on a walk this morning. As you might imagine, it was inspired by the fact that I just traveled from the US back to Kenya, crossing the equator and going from winter to summer in the time it took to fly.


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