Judith Prest

Judith Prest

The Evergreen State College, BA 1975

New Year

a new year
sun's lemon light
flows across blue shadowed snow
in crunching, bone-deep chill
cardinals and sparrows forage
for seed to fuel
their tiny frames
against the cold
sky washed clean
fresh fields of snow
waiting for tracks
inviting us to continue
the journey
in thin winter light
breath rising like prayer
through clear stillness
light as birdbones
we answer the call
striding into our lives
making tracks toward the millennium

Publications

• Sailing on Spirit Wind: Midlife Reflections; Spirit Wind Books; Duanesberg, NY. 1998.