First snow of the season today.
Here's a great snow poem by Emily Dickinson:
It sifts from
leaden sieves,
It powders all the wood,
It fills with alabaster wool
The wrinkles of the road.
It powders all the wood,
It fills with alabaster wool
The wrinkles of the road.
It makes an
even face
Of mountain and of plain, —
Unbroken forehead from the east
Unto the east again.
Of mountain and of plain, —
Unbroken forehead from the east
Unto the east again.
It reaches to
the fence,
It wraps it, rail by rail,
Till it is lost in fleeces;
It flings a crystal veil
It wraps it, rail by rail,
Till it is lost in fleeces;
It flings a crystal veil
On stump and
stack and stem, —
The summer’s empty room,
Acres of seams where harvests were,
Recordless, but for them.
The summer’s empty room,
Acres of seams where harvests were,
Recordless, but for them.
It ruffles wrists
of posts,
As ankles of a queen, —
Then stills its artisans like ghosts,
Denying they have been.
As ankles of a queen, —
Then stills its artisans like ghosts,
Denying they have been.
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