Winter is the Best Time

David Budbill (June 13, 1940 – September 25, 2016) was an American poet and playwright. He was the author of eight books of poems, eight plays, two novels, a collection of short stories, a children's picture book, and dozens of essays. "Winter Is the Best Time" from While We've Still Got Feet. © 2015. Used with permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press.

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Winter Is the Best Time
Winter is the best time
to find out who you are.

Quiet, contemplation time,
away from the rushing world,

cold time, dark time, holed-up
pulled-in time and space

to see that inner landscape,
that place hidden and within.