‘On the Winter Solstice’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream

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On the Winter Solstice

Winter Winter cold and crass
Winter Winter old the grass
Fast we go across the field
Massed the snow and frost to wield

Night of rest abed when tired
Light and fest and sled and fire

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Caryatids

At lunch I sat and humbly viewed,
A carven image, unsubdued,
A lofty sight, which merited,
Attention toward, a caryatid.

Molded column, staring straight,
Women holding cares of weight,
Slightly gray, beyond complaint,
Night and day, not fond or faint.

Photo by Jason Gaul

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West of France

Western French, sequester far
Resting Sun and blessed star
Gently glowing by the pine
Spent but beau with mensch and wine

God of gloaming, Christ of light
Geist of home and trodden flight

Beau: fair (French)
Mensch: honorable person (Yiddish)
Geist: spirit (German)

Photo by Ryan Gibson

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The Seamless Man

The seamless fellow’s time would come,
The decent man of mild aplomb,
Not of grandeur, not too loud,
The finer brand, the man unbowed

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Emily DiDonato

Ice of green to gaze upon
Emerald, jade, and grassy lawn
Platinum swath of Emily
Paints a path upon the sea

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Alec Ream is a writer living in Virginia. His poetic work and creative fiction have been widely published. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at UGA, he wrote on Lookout Mountain, and continued to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon HQ. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor in 2008. Recently, his poem Green Fire was read at the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union at UVA.