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Interregnum

Published by Susan Carberry at March 10, 2026
Categories
  • Nature Poetry
  • Poetry
Tags
  • midwinter
  • nature
  • poetry
  • seasonal
  • spring
  • Susan Carberry
  • winter
A square image with a cold, stark, and minimalist winter aesthetic, designed for a poetry piece. The composition features heavy, snow covered evergreen branches in the lower-left corner, set against a vast, deep navy blue night sky. Tiny specks of white, resembling either distant stars or light falling snow, are scattered across the dark background. The overall mood is quiet, contemplative, and serene. A white owl logo is positioned in the lower-right corner. bleak midwinter Text: Susan Carberry, Interregnum, Poetry

Image by Cara Thomson from Unsplash

Bleak midwinter is on the wane.
Frosty winds with milder wafts
fan iron-hard earth
to coax stone-cold waters
into a thaw. Yes, winter reigns,
but spring is rattling at its icicles.


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Susan lives in NW London. Her poems are an eclectic mix of social commentary, the natural world, the human condition, humour, and her deep faith in God, and they appear in several anthologies. She recently published her own poetry booklet, Eternal Ephemera. Susan is a Poet in Residence to the gardeners of Roundwood Park. She reads her work for events at the City Literature Institute, and has begun writing flash fiction and short stories. She’s a familiar figure in her local cafes and restaurants, where she sits with a coffee and writes, gaining inspiration from the world around her.

Susan has participated in several recorded readings with others. Find them on You-Tube as an Anthology and Late Line productions.

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