Some thoughts on the turning of the year

[Peter Saracino]

"At turn of year, when winter's past

and spring's at hand, I think at last 

I understand. Then comes the night

when peepers shrill and geese in flight

gabble the moon. And then I say that all I know can be stowed away

in an acorn cup. But this is plain:

That snow is snow and rain is rain,

that wind is change, that water ran

before earth felt the foot of man;

that flesh and blood of me are kinned

with grass and bush and tree and wind;

that love is sweet and salt are tears; 

that days become the turning years;

that I am new and time is old;

that love is warm and hate is cold. 

What more is there to understand 

when winter's past and spring's at hand?"

"For Barbara"

'Hal Borland's Book of Days'

Sar

"Instructions for living life:
Pay attention
Be astonished
Tell about it."
Mary Oliver

[Candace E. Cornell]

Sar-

You hit the nail on the head each time.

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM Cherilyn Jackmin <cj...@cornell.edu> wrote:

Awesome poem- Thanks for sharing!

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