Saturday, February 04, 2023

a time for ice hockey



Into the woven silence--shouts
--like applause in the quiet 
of song just ended 

O these joyful, prayerful wars 
--ice in the curve of a river
smiles up at the sky






Pic: The Red Cedar is frozen solid; when we rounded the corner, MSU students were playing ice hockey on it.

4 comments:

Nicole said...

What a gorgeous photo!

StephLove said...

It looks like a painting.

NGS said...

Wow! How often does it freeze over? Good on those students for taking advantage of it!

maya said...

Thank you, Nicole and StephLove! NGS--I've heard students wait all year for this... They also have their hammocks ready for the first day that goes over 45 degrees :).

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