Globe’s North-South Divide

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Sat, 07 Dec 2024
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The cold takes hold,
night’s darkness lingers longer

but down in the South
the growth’s reviving,
the daylight’s lengthening,
strengthening,
its warmth enlivening.

‘Til after summer (there)
and winter (here)
the scene’s reversed
So which comes first?
Who leads the way?

We encourage each other to wait through the cold
for the promise of spring that so soon will unfold.

 

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

If living on the equator then you must have two summers and two winters in a year. And at the poles a summer of one day and a winter of one day, i.e. A Six months long day then night, same. Logical I'd say! Just consider the geometry.

Also yes, the old who came first, the eternal chicken or the egg problem!

Great on the cherries sonn you'll have a cherrie tree!

All the best Rhiannon! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Ha! I think at or near the equator you have about even 12 hour days and nights and no real seasonal change. But i am open to correction. I think a friend's son who had been born out there was very puzzled when our children wrote about the autumn coming here. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I can imagine, an endless summer, See you!