Greetings brother poet!
Fulfilling the exercise of the literary commentary entrusted by the teacher @ d-pend, I proceed to write my impressions of the present poem, always with the intention of empathizing with the writing and the voice, looking for meanings, according to my humble vision of class companion.
"THAW AND AWE"
It is a poem structured in free verses.
I consider it an allegory that recreates the cycle of life. Particularly referred to the beauty implied by the seemingly crude, inhospitable.
The life that is reborn from the thaw of winter, giving way to the blossoming of spring, is the reflection of the permanent cause-consequence relationship in nature. Positive things always emerge from the seemingly negative. The weight of the burdens one's, can fall on the fertile soil of another and thrive.
The "promise" of the cycle is present, the eternal return that matches and levels the charges. Life does not stop at any station, it is a constant flow. The most crude and cruel (winter) can bring rebirth (spring)
the winter gives way like a moribund old curmudgeon
a different and more tender way of life appears
Both the hunter and the prey accept the fulfillment of this promise
Overcoming a cruel winter is not a guarantee of always achieving it,
that's why you should take forecasts at the following stations.
In the same way, in life, during good times, you have to build bases that sustain the nefarious times. Life is a cycle, everything comes and goes, and this relationship creates growth, understanding of the processes.
The title includes the word "awe" and I feel that this is associated with uncertainty, this ignorance of the future, the unpredictability of the future. However, there is something certain, according to the fiction within the poem, the impossibility of skipping the cycle, the struggle is continuous, it will never cease, there will always be battles, challenges ...
will arrive next year to end the
who made fun of him by surviving
It seems to me a well-done work. I applaud your creative art, my friend!
Thanks for this detailed analysis dear @zeleiracordero.