A CNMI Winter Solstice Sonnet

Winter will arrive in the CNMI this Friday on Dec. 22, 2023, at 1:27pm. No snow forecast.

The sun is coming up the sun is going down

listen to the sound of rain on banana trees

bright flowers are blooming all over town

enjoy that nice cooling trade wind breeze

After the sun has risen you see that it rose

on its shortest trip through our sky this year

still long enough to burn your face and nose

time for lemon in your tea a tear in your beer

After it sets it is still not yet time for bed

all those things you wanted to do in daylight

all those things maybe better left unsaid

but the tilting of the earth you cannot fight

As Winter solstice through heaven knocks

I can’t wait for Spring and Vernal Equinox.

Managaha