Sunday, November 2, 2014

CHOOSING A PAINTING FOR WINTER

"Morning Grace",
oil
by Roxanne Steed












CHOOSING A PAINTING FOR WINTER
(a sonnet)

The wind was howling and the trees were bent
and almost broken down. The day was fierce
with autumn’s spirit and desire. It sent
a message meaning winter’s chill would pierce
their world soon, but they were snug and warm
with summer in their hearts. They hoped to buy
a painting full of comfort. In a storm
of snow, the painting would be a bright sky
of summer in their home, a sunny day
above their mantel, a scene so full 
of August light that it would chase away
the season’s icy mistiness. To pull
themselves from winter back to summer, all



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