IN the WINTER.....

WINTER  (from 1906) by Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

And the robin flew

Into the air, the air

And small and rare

the night frost fell

Into the calm and misty dell

And the dusk gathered low,

And the silver moon and stars

On the frozen snow

Drew taper bars,

Kindled winking fires

In the hooded briers.

And the sprawling Bear

Growled deep in the sky;

And Orion's hair

Streamed sparkling by;

But the North sighed low,

"Snow"

"Snow"

"Snow"

Photographs 2023