Friday, December 10, 2010

Poetry Friday

Cold reflections in a warm climate.

Carol

What is Christmas without
snow ? We need it
as bread of a cold
climate, ermine to trim

our sins with, a brief
sleeve for charity's
scarecrow to wear its heart
on, bold as a robin.

- R.S. Thomas

I love the line breaks in this poem, and the metaphors for snow - bread of a cold climate, ermine to trim our sins, a brief sleeve for charity's scarecrow.

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