Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #68
The New Year Sleeps
by Belinda Roddie
The new year sleeps next to a bottle of
frosty champagne, but heat resonates from
its rosy cheeks, its dreams frothy and light
like wisps of sunrise on simmering dawn.
The new year's stomach gurgles, hungry for
the smiles and laughs in a new calendar,
etched with first dates, weddings, newborns, many
kisses and hugs, success countering each
failure, happiness battling each sad tear,
gifts rivaling curses. A pitcher of
cold beer. A baseball game where the rookie
wins. A ballet. A concert. A fresh waltz.
Hands held, wars won, lives saved, all loved ones near
to celebrate the wakening new year.
by Belinda Roddie
The new year sleeps next to a bottle of
frosty champagne, but heat resonates from
its rosy cheeks, its dreams frothy and light
like wisps of sunrise on simmering dawn.
The new year's stomach gurgles, hungry for
the smiles and laughs in a new calendar,
etched with first dates, weddings, newborns, many
kisses and hugs, success countering each
failure, happiness battling each sad tear,
gifts rivaling curses. A pitcher of
cold beer. A baseball game where the rookie
wins. A ballet. A concert. A fresh waltz.
Hands held, wars won, lives saved, all loved ones near
to celebrate the wakening new year.
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