"A closed heart can't greet
a winter sky…
a winter sky…
...Winter trees....
reach for the sky to offer praise –
stark, hard praise, born from all
those rooted years of bearing
the sky's weight….
awoke in winter to hold her arms
up to the sky, shiver in the wholeness
of it, let shadows of winter trees
dance sunlight across her face..."
- - From “In Praise of Winter Trees” by Bill Brown
(OhPleaseOhPlease click here to be absorbed by the full text
of this very lovely poem.
It's hard to pass up a writer who lives with his wife "and a tribe of cats".)
another breath-stealer poem and photo!!
ReplyDeleteEloquent words to describe the essence of the season.
ReplyDeleteWorth the time to read in it's entirety.
I'm so glad you read the whole poem, & that you liked it - esp. since YOU are that kind of open-hearted sister who contributed to my appreciation of winter sky.
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