Words by Khaetidawne Quirk. The photo was taken in January of 2020. This print was made in November, 2020 on 8” x 10” paper.
See the first image in the series, posted on 3/11/21, for the series introduction.
See the first post below for the text for this image.
Castles and fortresses are these trees covered with snow
Where I’d tryst with my wife - born where snow never goes.
She'd just seen a few inches once or twice in her life
Before I brought her here when I took her to wife.
Here she said she found “Diamonds that fell from the sky!”
Said, “There’s peace in the snowfall before people walk by.”
I find peace before rabbits or cat tracks mar snow or the ice
Before wind meets the wires to throw snow bursts once or twice;
To shatter the icicles, to crash a few down
To bring chaos or crumbling to this smooth snowy town
Where peace reigns in ice dreams and winter lies deep.
While I alone wander as the happy town sleeps
Warm ‘neath their eiderdowns, happy they lie
In the dear land of counterpane as their warm dreams sweep by...