Winter / William Carlos Williams

Winter

Now the snow
lies on the ground
and more snow
is descending upon it —
Patches of red dirt
hold together
the old
snow patches

This is winter —
rosettes of
leather-green leaves
by the old fence
and bare trees
marking the sky —

This is winter
winter, winter
leather-green leaves
spearshaped
in the falling snow

~~
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)

from An Early Martyr, and other poems, 1935

[Poem is in the public domain in Canada]

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