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poettothecars
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0 posted 2006-07-15 06:59 AM


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Mid-Summers Valentine
15 July 2006

Where was love,
in this mid-summers Valentine
Far away in Hope, or just near by
her heart beating to a winters cold
This world not round enough to endure

Summer Christmas, or winter cold
snow on raindrops and rainbows to dream
A love for all seasons, given the seed
her beauty that of verdite
few would understand to breathe

Of a poet upon a winters dawn
where in avenues the moon did weep
Where was love, in sight of that truth
her eyes, her kindness, seasons away

Upon a woven tapestry
with threads of silver aligned
All central to one beginning
could the stars know an answer
the one God has failed to give


The Earth’s seasons are not caused by the differences in the distance from the Sun
throughout the year (these differences are extremely small). The seasons are the
result of the tilt of the Earth's axis.

The Earth’s axis is tilted by 23.45°. This tilting is what gives us the four seasons of
the year - spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter. Since the axis is tilted,
different parts of the globe are oriented toward the Sun at different times of the year.

Summer is warmer than winter (in each hemisphere) because the Sun’s rays hit the Earth at
a more direct angle during summer than during winter and also because the days are much
longer than the nights during the summer. During the winter, the Sun’s rays hit the Earth at
an extreme angle, and the days are very short. These effects being due to the tilt of the
Earth’s axis. (When summer in the North will coincide with winter in the south)


© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)

a poet who cares


© Copyright 2006 Christopher W Herbert - All Rights Reserved
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