RE: Winter Soil

[rayheinrich]

Serah said: "Thank you, Ray, glad you liked my Haiku, but it's not
somebody's mother's earth, for the earth is God's and this Haiku is
about one of the 4 seasons...winter, and what is going on down
beneath the frozen ground.

Ahhhh....finally the crocus have sprung up, giving color to the gray winter ground. "

One of these years I will remember to plant Snowdrops in the fall. "

The earth-mother is a god, so she qualifies. Most evidence points to
her as being the first god to be worshiped in an organized manner
(though a few people think it was the sun). She gives birth to the
plants of spring which are usually likened to her son and most times
this is considered a virgin birth as she has the power to fertilize
herself (pun intended). This is where the tradition of Easter originated.

I used to have crocuses and snowdrops when I lived up north. Some
wonderful person must have planted them some time in the 19th
century as they had spread everywhere. They don't do so well in the
deep south where I live now, but many types of daffodils do. I have
lots of them and the last of them (yellow with white centers) still have
some blooms.

P.S. When I use terms like "earth-mother", "Zeus", or other religious terms
in a comment; I intend them to be interpreted as literary (secular) metaphors,
not religious ones. (I'd be happy to discuss religion, but we should do that
in a general discussion thread, not a poetry one.)