Now to heed the winter gifts:
the seed within the hooked bur shell,
the milkweed's thread of matted silk;
the barbed and needled keeping, or
the paper-smooth release.
The shearing of an ice-clear wind
demands our answer. What to hold?
What to loose?
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the seed within the hooked bur shell,
the milkweed's thread of matted silk;
the barbed and needled keeping, or
the paper-smooth release.
The shearing of an ice-clear wind
demands our answer. What to hold?
What to loose?
It appears your attentiveness to these winter leftovers has left you exposed to this "demand" I find this courageous.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I do like that word--"courageous"!
ReplyDeleteYou just get better and better with the imagery, Elena. I love this one.
ReplyDeleteThank you :) It's particularly encouraging to hear I'm progressing. Sometimes it feels the opposite. I do know I need to be reading more excellent writing. My mother gave me Jane Kenyon's collected poems for Christmas. Yay!
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