Yesterday’s Sun and wind, a poem for the January sun.

A view of Slievemamon, county Tipperary
Irish Landscape photography : Nigel Borrington

Yesterday’s Sun and wind

By : Ann Copland

She is the wind swift and pure
so rare to find her like this, still innocent
above a sunny afternoon far into tomorrow.

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The wind begins three Counties away
to cool the day, relieve us from the warming sun
Were you not sure she is real?

One day, you may see her, if you look
very close, spheres carry new molecules
Her breath is ice, you’ll feel it early maybe
just a brief gust before the temperatures drop

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Welcome on a January afternoon
by the time we see a branch sway
or a hat tumble, the freezing breath
has warmed to a gentle winter breeze
So much effort, the team who make nature

I’ll let the wind breathe