Date: 4/2/26 12:54 pm From: Cherilyn Jackmin <cj45...> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Some thoughts on the turning of the year
Awesome poem- Thanks for sharing!
From: <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> On Behalf Of Peter Saracino
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2026 1:36 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Some thoughts on the turning of the year
"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?"
