December 25, 2002

poem: first snow

All
All there is
Is crunching snow
And green grass knifepointing through white
And cold
Cold seeping through coat

Crunching snow
Up a grassy hill
Hands in pockets
Mind still--
Not frozen, numb,
Just quiet:
Senses thrown open,
And lungs breathing winter day.

Once winter meant
Splitting in two:
My feet on the ordinary streets
My mind in an imagined Arctic.
Today all I want
Is this hill
And this snow
And these cold breaths.

Posted by eshtine at December 25, 2002 09:19 PM
Comments

Again, very senory, very effective. But the repetition of the tital 'All' dlutes the next line, in my opinion. Note that I am picking on the FIRST line and not the last. It's a shame more people are aren''t going to be able to enjoy this poem-

Posted by: kitgefallen at January 16, 2003 08:50 AM

Bloody cool

Posted by: me at January 7, 2005 07:58 AM

All
All there is
Is crunching snow
And green grass knifepointing through white
And cold
Cold seeping through coat

Crunching snow
Up a grassy hill
Hands in pockets
Mind still--
Not frozen, numb,
Just quiet:
Senses thrown open,
And lungs breathing winter day.

Once winter meant
Splitting in two:
My feet on the ordinary streets
My mind in an imagined Arctic.
Today all I want
Is this hill
And this snow

Posted by: at January 7, 2005 08:02 AM
Post a comment









Remember personal info?





Please enter below the code above. Thank you.