January Post-Election Reflections

Carol A. Hand

The

brightest

star in the darkening sky

on crisp and clear winter evenings

sometimes above the welcoming curve

of the crescent

moon

Ah Venus,

shine your enduring

love On a world in need of your

reflected light Grace our dreams with visions

of peace Harbinger of hope guiding us through the coming night

***

Crescent Moon - Wikimedia (edited)
Crescent Moon – Wikimedia (edited)

 

***

34 thoughts on “January Post-Election Reflections”

Add yours

    1. Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments, Chris. These are difficult times, and it’s not easy to find reasons to keep hope alive. Yet amid the darkness, the beauty of nature and kindness still remind me that as long as there’s life, there’s hope. There are small things we can each do to breathe kindness and light into being. Your lovely comments have done that for me ❤

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply

  11. Hi Carol, it’s funny how those stars and planets keep shining and wandering the sky regardless. Some people say it makes them feel small, but it always makes me feel lucky. Wonderful poem. Bob

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. Bob, I always feel lucky when you share photos of the incredibly beautiful night sky where you live. Small – well we are in comparison to the vast unknown universe. Those who witness the wonder and beauty of the stars and planets are lucky, and those who share their luck through photos and stories are a gift to others.

      It’s hard to see many stars where I live. There are so many lights on all night on my side of town – street lights and the brightly-lit school grounds and elders’ apartment building. Bright Venus in the southwest evening sky during January has been a welcome visible exception and companion, especially when she traveled with the crescent moon.

      Like

      Reply

      1. Thank you for your kind words Carol. I am delighted you enjoy the pictures of the night sky. We are very lucky where we live to have dark skies. I do understand how man made light can wash out the stars. I have taken many people from the city into the mountains at night and they are always amazed at the stars. One person even commented to me, if everybody could see the stars like this the world would be a different place. I didn’t disagree. Venus is absolutely brilliant now. Below is a link to a few pics when Venus was a morning star and it came up with a crescent moon right behind it. It was a spectacular rising and one I will never forget. Take care and keep your eye on Venus.
        https://palliserpass.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/

        Liked by 1 person

        Reply

        1. Thank you so much for sharing your stunning photos of the night sky, Bob, and for sharing your knowledge of the stars, planets, and constellations. You have opened up new worlds of wonder. ❤

          Like

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Blog at WordPress.com.

Up ↑

%d bloggers like this: