on Imbolc, 2026
Midwinter, in Minnesota,
they are planting seeds
in the cold, seeds of kindness,
community, compassion,
ferocity. In the streets,
they plant seeds of integrity,
diversity, equality, justice.
On pavement and in snow,
they plant democracy.
The light is growing.
Imagine the beauty
if even half these seeds take.
What a life that will be when
they bloom. Imagine
all that goodness reseeding,
spreading like wildflowers.
Goodness burgeoning,
rampant, tenacious as weeds.