The Perfect Winter Solstice Poem

Published on Dec 21, 2023

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Last updated Mar 27, 2026.

The silhouette of a person in a cloak entering the snowy forest at night.

 

 

TO KNOW THE DARK

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark.
Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.

–Wendell Berry

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