Discovered in the Bleak Midwinter - Challenge End

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

And it's time to clear everything away, ready for a new year again - but I'm always sad to close this challenge, and I am this year too because it's been so fab to see everyone's posts, even though I've not had a chance to read and comment on them all yet (stoopid moving house...) Thank you so much to everyone who took part again this year, and to loxleyprince for our lovely challenge artwork, and to Bodie and Doyle and everyone in our CI5 universe for just being them!

I've not had a chance to catch up with adding all the links yet, but hopefully by tomorrow afternoon you'll be able to use the calendar below to catch up on posts that you might have missed (or just fancy reading again). If you're an author or artist, and haven't yet archived your work elsewhere too, please do think about doing that as well - discoveredinalj is intended to remain as its own archive, and is periodically backed up on Dreamwidth as well, but a back-up to the back-up always strikes me as a good idea... *g*

1st In the bleak midwinter	2nd Frosty wind made moan	3rd Earth stood hard as iron	4th Water like a stone	5th Snow had fallen
6th Snow on snow	7th Snow on snow	8th In the bleak midwinter	9th Long ago	10th Winter solitude
11th In a world of one colour	12th The sound of wind	13th Clouded with snow	14th The cold winds blow	15th And shrill on leafless bough
16th The robin with its burning breast	17th Alone sings now	18th The rayless sun	19th Day's journey done	20th Sheds its last ebbing light
21st On fields in leagues of beauty spread	22nd Unearthly white	23rd Thick draws the dark	24th And spark by spark	25th Happy Christmas Day!
26th The frost-fires kindle, and soon	27th Over that sea of frozen foam	28th Floats the white moon	29th My windowpane is starred with frost	30th The world is bitter cold tonight
31st The moon is cruel, and the wind				1st Happy New Year!
2nd Is like a two-edged sword to smite	3rd God pity all the homeless ones	4th The beggars pacing to and fro	5th God pity all the poor tonight	6th Who walk the lamp-lit streets of snow

Winter poetry credits:
In the Bleak Midwinter - Christina Rosetti
Winter Solitude - Matsuo Basho
Winter - Walter de la Mare
A Winter Night - Sara Teasdale

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm looking forward to next December already. *g*