Date: 4/2/26 1:08 pm From: Candace E. Cornell <cec222...> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Some thoughts on the turning of the year
Sar-
You hit the nail on the head each time.
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On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM Cherilyn Jackmin <cj45...> wrote:
> Awesome poem- Thanks for sharing!
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> *From:* <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> *On
> Behalf Of *Peter Saracino
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> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Some thoughts on the turning of the year
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> "At turn of year, when winter's past
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> and spring's at hand, I think at last
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> I understand. Then comes the night
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> when peepers shrill and geese in flight
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> gabble the moon. And then I say that all I know can be stowed away
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> in an acorn cup. But this is plain:
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> That snow is snow and rain is rain,
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> that wind is change, that water ran
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> before earth felt the foot of man;
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> that flesh and blood of me are kinned
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> with grass and bush and tree and wind;
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> that love is sweet and salt are tears;
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> that days become the turning years;
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> that I am new and time is old;
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> that love is warm and hate is cold.
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> What more is there to understand
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> when winter's past and spring's at hand?"
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> "For Barbara"
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> 'Hal Borland's Book of Days'
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> Sar
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> "Instructions for living life:
> Pay attention
> Be astonished
> Tell about it."
> Mary Oliver
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