Season's poetry

We’re delighted to celebrate Jane Upchurch’s recent return to poetry, sharing her latest creations:

Winter Solstice

It is the time of the fading light,
a time when leaves are fallen,
birds are hushed
and cold has taken
the reigns.

The winter solstice.
The sun’s pause in its passing
before starting, so slowly,
to return.

Can we pause?
Can we follow its journey
into our own inner depths
and darkness
and find a rest there?

For tomorrow there will be fire
to warm the cold,
and friends to warm the heart,

living in the interconnectedness
of all things,
our journey and the sun’s,
our darkness and our light,
and the fire that flames
at each connection.

Jane Upchurch

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Christmas

The lights are strung,
the trees have come
inside
reminding us to celebrate
the return of nature
as well as the birth
of a child.

And have we tasted
all that was promised
when a child of God,
the son of a woman,
became the Son of Man?

That we too
have God in our veins
and love in our hearts,
and can help
meet the thirst
of this world.

Jane Upchurch

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Thank you, Jane