Winter Since the trouble with his heart she tries to keep him in but before the breakfast tea is cold, he shrugs on his coat, lifts his cap, blackthorn stick and heads out across the fields to count cattle and sheep check how far the flood has risen, break ice for cows at the … Continue reading Three poems by Jane Clarke
Category: Winter Poems
‘The Walk’ by Carole Bromley
The Walk Slithering onto the track clutching at branches we laugh, you choosing the safety of that ridge of deep snow, me risking the hard-crack ice of the ruts, we find a horse, his breath hanging in the air. By the barn which we can’t get into because of the drift against the door, … Continue reading ‘The Walk’ by Carole Bromley
‘To the Ghost of Sylvia Plath’ by Nikki Magennis
Don't get up so early, my love. I am not your mother but I will take you by the hand and undo you. Unwet the towel. Unroll it and leave it hanging by the sink. Let them all sleep, with their sickle moon eyelids, with their small collections of newly formed thoughts. Drop … Continue reading ‘To the Ghost of Sylvia Plath’ by Nikki Magennis
A poem by Breda Wall Ryan
The Snow Woman She was a blow-in then, the snow a wordless paper sheet, her footprints the first blunt penstrokes with everything still to write: spring planting, barley sheaves, a bitter crop of stones and chaneys at the turn of the year. Windblown crows dropped in through holes punched in the sky, gossiped year … Continue reading A poem by Breda Wall Ryan
‘Blackbird in Winter’ by Roy Marshall
Blackbird in Winter He’s on a branch above my head velvet feathers at touching distance, yellow ringed eye locked to mine. Is an alarm call frozen in his breast, the urge to fly curtailed by heavy air, or is it to preserve energy and heat that he keeps still? Can he see in me a … Continue reading ‘Blackbird in Winter’ by Roy Marshall
A poem by Rebecca Bird
Progression I from the bedroom, he sees a brigade of snow V through a streetlamp’s mottled brights, a cheap party moon that hangs in the streamers and calls it winter. Warm in a marriage bed, blankets clamouring like ancient choirs, he thinks of cinnamon drinks, white-capped cars, IV and not of the boy … Continue reading A poem by Rebecca Bird
Two poems by Maurice Devitt
First Days of Winter Trees blue and leafless, a doily of frost forms on the front lawn, first peelings of ice on pathways, winter coats stiff and reluctant. Words, chipped from frozen thoughts, disappear in a blur of breath, as movements slow and bony fingers burrow into gloves. Shoes, now too big for curled … Continue reading Two poems by Maurice Devitt
‘The Pale Horse’ by Lesley Ingram
At twilight she is still sitting with the book in her hand, staring through the window, looking for snow. Have you seen my horse? she says, eyes wild with loss. I smile, brush her hair. She purrs. She cups my face. I know you, she whispers, have you stolen my horse? I cover … Continue reading ‘The Pale Horse’ by Lesley Ingram
A poem by K.S. Moore
Shiver The wind soothsays in the key of G, sighing, I match my tone to his. In our duet I hold out strong, harmonise while he exhales, one lowing note that swoops, rounds, clarifies everything I know in a wild sonata. I close the window, end his song, believe in me, my solo pending, … Continue reading A poem by K.S. Moore
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