Day 211:

Jan 27-Iroquis Mid-Winter Ceremony, a Native American poetic form called Enduring Earth dance. It uses specific vowels used at least once. There are 3 sections. Entrance(3 syllables), Dance(in 2), Prayerful Exit(in 3).

Mid-Winter

Standards call

Ask again

A message

Living things

Earth endures

Spring again.

Enter

Cold snow

Anxious

Awkward

Intense

Prepare

Return

Warmless

Bears sleep

Halfway

Hunger

Bees sleep

Covered

Await

Dull field

Frozen.

Endurance

Call for warmth

Elderly

Old renewed

Ice with life

Bravely wait

Awaken

Life anew

Spring returns

Go boldly.