They say it is waiting for
more, the snow
Shrunk up to the
shadow-line of walls
In an arctic smouldering, an
unclean salt,
And will not go until the
frost returns
Sharpening the stars, and the
fresh snow falls
Piling its drifts in
scallops, furls. I say
Snow has left its own white
geometry
To measure out for the eye
the way
The land may lie where a too
cursory reading
Discovers only dip and
incline leading
To incline, dip, and misses
the fortuitous
Full variety a hillside
spreads for us:
It is written here in sign and
exclamation,
Touched-in contour and
chalk-followed fold,
Lines and circles finding
their completion
In figures less certain,
figures that yet take hold
On features that would stay
hidden but for them:
Walking, we waken these at
every turn,
Waken ourselves, so that our
walking seems
To rouse some massive
sleeper out of winter dreams
Whose stretching startles the
whole land into life,
As if it were us the cold,
keen signs were seeking
To pleasure and remeasure,
repossess
With a sense in the
gathered coldness of heat and height.
Well, if it's for more the
snow is waiting
To claim back into
disguisal overnight,
As though it were promising a
protection
From all it has
transfigured, scored and bared,
Now we shall know the force of
what resurrection
Outwaits the simplification
of the snow.
Snow Signs by Charles Tomlinson, via 1
The
Outfit:
Faux Sheepskin coat: very old, from Morgan de Toi
Silver velvet dress, seen as a skirt:
bought from Monsoon when I was about 16
Black faux fur cardigan coat:
very old from the high street
Faux wolf fur shawl:
from an ex boyfriend
Red faux leather
gloves: a gift from a friend
Wellies underneath:
Hunter, via ebay
The
Soundtrack
Nick Cave: Your Funeral My Trial
All photographs taken
by me, self portraits using the self timer on my cheap digital camera.
Unfortunately I've been unwell this last week, so I'm very behind on reading all your latest posts. I promise to drop by again very soon!
I'm delighted to be a part of Visible Monday, hosted by the lovely Patti from www.notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.co.uk, click on the
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