Darkness upon us
The light of the world is born
Winter Solstice comes
A bright new day is dawning
Overcoming our darkness
Photo:Dwight L. Roth
Today on Frank Tassone’s Haikai challenge he asked us to write a poem about the Winter Solstice which will occur this coming week.
Roth Poetry 
I always love solstice because that means we start gaining daylight again!!! (Where I live, it’s about 5-1/2 minutes a day so it adds up quick.)
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Here it gets light at 8:00 and dark around 4:30.
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Today the sun rises a bit after ten and sets just before four. So about just under six hours. Of course it’s more extreme further north…
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Wow! That is a short day for sure!
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Your tanka has a really celebratory feel to it.
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Yes, this too shall pass… the light will return to overcome the darkness!
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Definitely. 🙂
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Nice…Dwight.
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Thanks!
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Beautiful.
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Thank you very much!
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Waiting for a new day. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #2: Dwight Roth’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thanks Frank!
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My pleasure, Dwight!
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Light comes in may forms, faith is just one color in that wonderful illuminating rainbow. 🙂
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Yes I see it in many ways as well.
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You published this one on my birthday, and it’s a lovely birthday wish–light in the darkness!
(I am SO behind on reading.) 🙂
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Wonderful! Happy Birthday. This is true for all of us… The darkness does not stay forever!
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