{"id":8604,"date":"2019-10-22T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2019-10-22T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:00:33","slug":"advent-of-winter-solstice-by-nina-serrano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2019\/10\/22\/advent-of-winter-solstice-by-nina-serrano\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent of Winter Solstice by Nina Serrano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Advent of Winter Solstice<\/h1>\n<h3>A Winter Solstice Poem for You<\/h3>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/arANQzq_OtM\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1435\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/publications\/poetry-2\/havana-moon-w\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1435\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1435\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1435\" title=\"Oil Painting by Nina Serrano\" src=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Havana-Moon-w.jpg\" alt=\"Oil Painting &quot;Havana Moon&quot; by Nina Serrano\" width=\"322\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Havana-Moon-w.jpg 402w, https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Havana-Moon-w-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Havana-Moon-w-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Havana-Moon-w-384x300.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil Painting &#8220;Havana Moon&#8221; by Nina Serrano<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Advent of the Winter Solstice<\/h2>\n<h3>By Nina Serrano<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My Dear, What shall we do through the longest night<br \/>\nwhen the moon and the star remain in sight<br \/>\nand dawn hovers in the wings<br \/>\nwaiting\u00a0for its interminable cue?<\/p>\n<p>My Dear, we will be posted at our computers<br \/>\ncatching the hem of the skirt<br \/>\nof every passing muse<br \/>\nin the dust of time<br \/>\nin this longest moonshine<br \/>\nbrewing an elixir of memory and metaphor<br \/>\nOur fingers will capture it<br \/>\nletter by space bar<br \/>\nVerses sent off by electrical force we don&#8217;t understand<br \/>\nOur words bumping into others&#8217; words<br \/>\nflying through cyber space<br \/>\nwill create a universe of poetry in cyber clouds<br \/>\nof ever expanding immensity<br \/>\nof ever expanding immensity<br \/>\nbecoming finite in the print-out of pages.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92013 Nina Serrano<\/p>\n<p>Page 75 from <a href=\"http:\/\/estuarypress.com\/heart-strong-selected-poems-2000-2012-now-available\/\">HEART STRONG, Selected Poems 2000-2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Nina Serrano:<\/strong> Nina is a well-known, international prize-winning inspirational author and poet. With a focus on Latino history and culture, she is also a playwright, filmmaker, KPFA talk show host, a former Alameda County Arts Commissioner, and a co-founder of the San Francisco Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. Oakland Magazine\u2019s \u201cbest local poet\u201d in 2010, she is a former director of the San Francisco Poetry in the Schools program and the Bay Area\u2019s Storytellers in the Schools program. A Latina activist for social justice, women\u2019s rights, and the arts, Nina Serrano at 85 remains vitally engaged in inspiring change and exploring her abundant creativity. For more information go to <a href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/\">ninaserrano.com<\/a> or contact her publisher at <a href=\"http:\/\/estuarypress.com\/\">estuarypress.com<\/a>. For more detailed information about Nina see <a href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/about-nina-serrano-2\/\"><em>About Nina<\/em> on her website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Estuary Press: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/estuarypress.com\/\">Estuary Press<\/a> is the publisher of <a href=\"http:\/\/estuarypress.com\/nicaragua-way-novel-nina-serrano-2\/\"><em>Nicaragua Way<\/em>.<\/a> It is also the home of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hrmediaarchive.estuarypress.com\/\">Harvey Richards Media Archive<\/a>, a repository of photography and video documentaries of various social change and political movements during the 1960s and 1970s. Contact Paul Richards (510) 967 5577, paulrichards@estuarypress.com or visit estuarypress.com for more details.<\/p>\n<p>MEDIA \u2013 For photos &amp; interviews: Paul Richards (510) 967 5577; paulrichards@estuarypress.com<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/winter-solstice-poem\/\">Advent of Winter Solstice by Nina Serrano<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/winter-solstice-poem\/\">ninaserrano.com<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advent of Winter Solstice A Winter Solstice Poem for You Advent of the Winter Solstice By Nina Serrano My Dear, What shall we do through the longest night when the moon and the star remain in sight and dawn hovers \u2026 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/winter-solstice-poem\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/winter-solstice-poem\/\">Advent of Winter Solstice by Nina Serrano<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ninaserrano.com\/\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":858,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1303,2543,2541,2493,2544,2542,2545,2546],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8605,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8604\/revisions\/8605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}