Winter Homes
Snow Moon Meditation by Carmen García Gordillo
“There is nothing as warm and wonderful as winter. Good books. A friendly dog. Homemade soup. How could I not love the idea of the coming season?”
My goldfish are finding
winter homes under slabs
in the pond
Mother goldfish birthed
and hid four babies
this summer
they were not eaten
by birds
or their fathers
the heater is on
it’s my contribution
to mother nature
I have aired my quilts
and washed my blankets
I will cuddle
with my dog
a good book and with any luck
a cup
of Frontier Soup
finding
my winter home
“There is nothing as warm and wonderful as winter. Good books. A friendly dog. Homemade soup. How could I not love the idea of the coming season? Winter is our season of love. Spring is when we go out and plant flowers and put our seeds in the ground so that our basil and rosemary and tarragon will grow. Sometimes there is even a good crop of okra. But winter is the time of being at home together with the people we love and the little animals who love us.” —Nikki Giovanni
