(Wendy Cabell, March 8, 2022, feast day of Our Lady of Virtues , the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign", and of (above) Saint John of God. Also International Women's Day. On Jewish calendar, today commemorates Moses' Last Day of Leadership (1273 BC). Image from here.)
Dear Winter,
(...from PIE *wend-, nasalized
form of root *wed- (1) "water; wet
-–etymonline)
Thee of tendriled snow,
fairy place, hand
on brow, fever shooshed–-
Oh most welcome guest!,
though seem part, still are
carried--cave for courage and
gathered breath (till we are Home).
Place to shelter flame, tend the soup.
Sort the mail. Catch up with the beloved.
When dry land appears, sigh–-clasped
hand. Foot unshod for ground,
Becoming
*From combined prompts: Freewrite as inspired by etymology of winter, and by Serhiy Zhadan’s A Brief History of Snow. From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, March 8, 2022.
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