What does a seed know?
I do not fear the ice and snow.
I trust the urge to rest and stow.
In the dead of winter, life only slows.
What does a seed know?
The day will come again to sow.
With earth and sun and rain I’ll grow
and everything I need, I know.
© Loree Griffin Burns
Poem totally and completely inspired by this interview with Joyce Sidman over at the Today’s Little Ditty blog. (Photo inspired by my garden mentor and dear friend, Karen DiFranza, with whom I grew and shelled those gorgeous Vermont Cranberry beans!) The interview reaffirmed my admiration for Joyce and for her new book, WINTER BEES & OTHER POEMS OF THE COLD, and it includes step-by-step instructions for how to write your own “Deeper Wisdom” poem. Give it a try!