Comments on: After The Solstice http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:32:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Phantom Beauty http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1045123 Phantom Beauty Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:11:30 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1045123 I wonder if the virgins were willing to die for real or if they were screaming to their deaths. I wonder if the virgins were willing to die for real or if they were screaming to their deaths.

]]> By: TroostAvenue http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1043529 TroostAvenue Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:09:31 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1043529 Sorry AlmaG, not if you are north of the equator. Daylight gets shorter as you approach winter solstice and then longer afterward, as you approach the vernal equinox. It is logical to think that the coldest days should correspond to the shortest days, but it takes the earth a while to catch up. It doesn't really warn up until spring starts, by which time the day is about half day and half night. Astronomy 101. Sorry AlmaG, not if you are north of the equator. Daylight gets shorter as you approach winter solstice and then longer afterward, as you approach the vernal equinox. It is logical to think that the coldest days should correspond to the shortest days, but it takes the earth a while to catch up. It doesn’t really warn up until spring starts, by which time the day is about half day and half night. Astronomy 101.

]]> By: AlmaG http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1043421 AlmaG Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:40:22 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1043421 Very interesting!... but it's different when you\'re in Asia :) Very interesting!… but it’s different when you\’re in Asia :)

]]> By: TroostAvenue http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1042498 TroostAvenue Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:57:00 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1042498 Salaam, shorter days only till solstice, then larger days. Hence the mystery, if the days are getting longer, why is it still getting colder? For you, a simple answer. You live in England, the land of perpetual dampness and bed warmers. We in the US are blessed with sunny skies, warm Spring rains, and occasional rainbows. Sure glad we stole this place from its original inhabitants. Salaam, shorter days only till solstice, then larger days. Hence the mystery, if the days are getting longer, why is it still getting colder?
For you, a simple answer. You live in England, the land of perpetual dampness and bed warmers. We in the US are blessed with sunny skies, warm Spring rains, and occasional rainbows. Sure glad we stole this place from its original inhabitants.

]]> By: Darla Smith http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1042244 Darla Smith Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:25:37 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1042244 Interesting poem. Interesting poem.

]]> By: salaam http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1042184 salaam Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:42:17 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1042184 I liked the wising up and shunning of superstitious belief. Had images of Stone Henge whilst reading. Nicely done. It's the opposite here though... shorter days, colder nights. Brrrr... Winter on its way. I liked the wising up and shunning of superstitious belief. Had images of Stone Henge whilst reading. Nicely done.

It’s the opposite here though… shorter days, colder nights. Brrrr… Winter on its way.

]]> By: Christine Ramsay http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1042012 Christine Ramsay Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:33:26 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1042012 I can't wait for the spring. You have created quite a story here. Well done. Christine I can’t wait for the spring. You have created quite a story here.

Well done.

Christine

]]> By: abhishek40914 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1041760 abhishek40914 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:09:55 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1041760 Great :) Great :)

]]> By: drelayaraja http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1041684 drelayaraja Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:27:07 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1041684 wonderful.. :-) wonderful.. :-)

]]> By: Priyanka Bhowmick http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-1041674 Priyanka Bhowmick Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:23:30 +0000 http://authspot.com/poetry/after-the-solstice/#comment-1041674 dats a gud question. who takes away the sun's heat??? good poem!! dats a gud question. who takes away the sun’s heat??? good poem!!

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