*On this date in 1990, South African President F.W. de Klerk publicly promised to free imprisoned political prisoner Nelson Mandela and lift his country’s ban on Black membership in the African National Congress.
The last quarter moon of the dying year,
Pendant behind a naked cottonwood tree
On a frosty, dawning morning
With the back of her silver head
Turned to the waking sun.
Quiet... THE LAST QUARTER MOON OF THE DYING YEAR by Jonathan Henderson Brooks.
