One Third of the Calendar
One Third of the Calendar - meaning Summary
Seasonal Domestic Juggling
This light, comic poem describes a family’s shifting domestic routine across winter and spring months as parents juggle two young daughters between bed and school. Each stanza ties a month’s weather or habits to the children’s placement and rapport, moving from separation to clinging companionship. The closing stanza playfully imagines adding a son and a horse, underscoring whimsical parental wishes and the poem’s gentle absurdity.
Read Complete AnalysesIn January everything freezes. We have two children. Both are she'ses. This is our January rule: One girl in bed, and one in school. In February the blizzard whirls. We own a pair of little girls. Blessings upon of each the head ---- The one in school and the one in bed. March is the month of cringe and bluster. Each of our children has a sister. They cling together like Hansel and Gretel, With their noses glued to the benzoin kettle. April is made of impetuous waters And doctors looking down throats of daughters. If we had a son too, and a thoroughbred, We'd have a horse, And a boy, And two girls In bed.
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