{"id":26058,"date":"2014-06-24T06:30:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=26058"},"modified":"2014-06-18T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T11:10:14","slug":"the-tuesday-poem-i-refeature-kathleen-jones-winter-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/06\/24\/the-tuesday-poem-i-refeature-kathleen-jones-winter-light\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tuesday Poem: I Refeature Kathleen Jones’ “Winter Light”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter Light<\/strong><\/p>\n

Horizontal strobes
\nacross the russeting slope<\/p>\n

disclose the contours of the land<\/p>\n

the fierce geography of rock
\nthe patterning of sheep through bracken
\nlipped water-marks on sand<\/p>\n

The mountain\u2019s shadow
\nbruises the lake.<\/p>\n

The season is wintering in<\/p>\n

and the cold is like loss:
\na cramping hold on bone
\nmuscle, thought, spilling in<\/p>\n

from the east.<\/p>\n

The air tastes metallic
\nlike snow dissolving on the tongue.<\/p>\n

This is the death month;
\nDecember\u2019s Druid alphabet
\nthat signified<\/p>\n

the rebirth of the spirit.<\/p>\n

Ash trees clumsy with unshed seeds,
\na deer\u2019s tooth grooving the bark.
\nI glimpse a snowdrop spiking up<\/p>\n

through a dead leaf<\/p>\n

before the\u00a0 falling sun herds
\nus into the longest night.
\n.<\/span>
\n\u00a9 Kathleen Jones<\/p>\n

~ published in Not Saying Goodbye at Gate 21<\/strong>, Templar Poetry, 2011<\/p>\n

Reproduced here with permission.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

As I posted on Saturday 17<\/a>, I am currently refeaturing Tuesday Poems from the past four years \u201cby poet\u201d, i.e. focusing on those instances where I\u2019ve featured more than one poem by the same poet. Generally, I am proceeding in alphabetical order by poet’s surname, but because it’s currently the winter solstice, this week I have stepped out of sequence to feature Kathleen Jones’ “Winter Light.” I hope you will agree that the poem is perfect for the season, despite our winter solstice being now, rather than in December.<\/p>\n

To read my commentary from the initial Tuesday posting, please click on:<\/p>\n

“Winter Light”, by Kathleen Jones<\/a><\/h3>\n

You will also find Kathleen’s biography there, but as she is a fellow Tuesday poet I also recommend that you visit her blog:<\/p>\n

A Writer’s Life<\/a><\/h3>\n

—<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To check out the featured poem on the Tuesday Poem Hub<\/strong> and other great poems from fellow Tuesday poets from around the world, click here<\/strong><\/a> or on the Quill<\/strong> icon <\/strong>in the sidebar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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