Notes on a journey in winter across a wild landscape ... Armitage thinks Sir Gawain is crossing the Wirral. A poem for this very day, the solstice, the shortest day, what John Donne called the ...

Let’s celebrate the solstice with some wintery quotes and poems… ‘Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.’ Khalil Gibran ‘Winter is the time for comfort, for good food ...

A little offbeat, “Winterlude” was a welcome surprise. After an original winter solstice poem from Worcester poet laureate Oliver de la Paz (who obviously was the only one who didn't see the ...

the night of the winter solstice by getting all the family together, at the house of the oldest person, and eat nuts, pomegranates and watermelons, drink and read poetry. If you fancy bringing a ...

Alongside the miracle of light from Hanukkah, I grew up celebrating Shab-e Yalda, the ancient Persian winter solstice tradition ... summer fruits and read the poetry of Hafez, whose words ...