Dec 31 25
SUN ON WINTER SEA
Blog by Lynne Pearl
It is the end of the year and instead of a forest of Christmas trees as I had expected to write about, the sun has that winter brilliance like crystal and the sea is brittle, hard and bright.
In winter the sea has a soft quality that is not there in summer, it is as if it is resting until the next storm that is. Sometimes we have huge waves and there is roller upon roller chasing in to shore, but most folk will not go in it. We stand, watch and feel its magnificence. And today it is calm and beautiful like a sapphire that you would wear as adornment.
Taking the bus from the old market town to the nearby sea, the sun shines on the frost covered fields, they are unearthly in their shimmering beauty. We are used to a deep green, but this morning it is translucent white, not snow but the brittle brilliance of the deep frost overnight.
Nothing blooms except the winter jasmine or forsythia in the garden and a few cyclamen by the front door. But the light is absolutely amazingly beautiful and it is a fitting end to our year. We have been brave, we have been patient and we have been good soldiers waiting for our turn, we have been generous taking care of many. What will next year bring?
SEA POEMS FOR WINTER:
A LIFE IN TUNE
Time of the tide
Three o’clock.
Clear, high chimes from old bell.
It is high tide.
The time of the tide organising the lives of men,
Quickly walking to catch the waves.
Ride the wave
The point when the rain and tide meet
A life in tune…
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Art by Cath Whitehead