Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Winter

The days are short
The sun a spark
Hung thin between
The dark and dark.

Fat snowy footsteps 
Track the floor
Milk bottles burst
Outside the door.

The River is 
A  frozen place
Held still between
The trees of lace.

The sky is low
The wind is grey
The radiator
Purrs all day.

January

John Updike


Winter


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