THE MILL, 1964/ Andrew Wyeth
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WINTER'S REVENGE
What stayed when you left?
Winter's revenge,
Loki's sting, an imp
doing handstands
on a frozen heart.
I'm tricked out
in saint's day regalia,
spinning snow angels
in the courtyard.
I find an improbable note
in a dead sparrow's mouth,
that spring,
beyond doubt,
lies beneath drab endings.
Pandora's box
sits on my hip,
emptied and icy,
lid up, without content.
I'm dreaming
that a bit of sin
is hiding in the corner,
stirring up a pinch of heat
for your return.
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19 comments:
So true. Maybe if we turned up the heat, it would much earlier! Secretly, I've been asking Old Man Winter just why he's so revengeful this year? Especially, after his long step into our last spring. I'm still waiting for his answer.
"I'm dreaming
that a bit of sin
is hiding in the corner,
stirring up a pinch of heat
for your return."
Thank goodness for that!
I love the hope 'in the corner' despite the winter revenge. ~ I feel confidence and light in your peaceful words.
This is a powerful spring evocation, wholly appropriate as one is gripped by a somewhat unnatural Polar Vortex...ice witches watch out !
Hi Karen S-
Does seem like a vengeful year..weatherwise!! Thank you...
Hi Stafford-
There's always hope! thanks...
Hi humbird-
So glad I could do that for you...wow!...thanks...
Hi Kutamun-
I'm all for spring! Bring it on! Thank you...
Love bit of sin sitting the corner
let's hear it for stirring up a bit of heat!
The last five lines are magnificent! Yes, yes to sin sitting in the corner ... I can dream!
Here's to some heat and warmth...and spice.
And we in California are hoping for something to stir up a bit of rain.
Great poem!
=)
Lyn,
Been too long since I visited, so nice to be here again.
Wonderful writing, as always
Stay warm!
Ground Control to Major Lyn , come back .......The Language of Angels still has need of your services !
Hope you are well wherever in the Aether you are at ,
Cheers Mate
Hi Kutamun-
Great hearing from you...still putting one foot ahead of the other...seeing angels now and then!
#1...computer broke down..I'm working on understanding a new one...#2...winter bugs and viruses...#3...working on a book of..ta da...Poetry! Soon...
Thank you, my friend!!
Hi Maliha-
Always hoping for the best..thanks! Like your blog..by the way, I'm a makeup artist!
I loved the title. Already from that point onwards I knew I would be in for a treat and I was right! :-) Thanks.
Greetings from London.
A years gone by since I last posted....time flies when I'm wandering! Crazy winter in NY..now morning, 15 degrees...so it goes...Your comment..warms the city, and me. Thanks, my friend.
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