Word root of “Lent” means Spring Word root of “Lent” means increase Word root of “Lent” means slowly Word root of “Lent” means release The season that springs from roots…. [i] In northern woods a stream has forced a dam of ice across its banks chunks white, translucent, glowing watery green caught against tree trunks and still melting How thick those plates when formed in higher swamps and shallows, how long before they cracked to blocks and pieces tumbling freely down to impasse With warmth some extra force was added to carry down this pile – gushing falls, perhaps great rain, a rush that tore and lifted, came forcing winter’s frozen remnants here (continued on next page) Now, still waiting for more sun and flowing to break this jam they cause amaze – short permanence so threatened by intermittent, jagged breakdown till all of winter disappears (2010s) [i] “Lent”. Online Etymology Dictionary. {https://www.etymonline.com/word/lent } (accessed January 20, 2022). Comments are closed.
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