Thanks for that poem, Moose; it also is beautiful.
Snow! It's gorgeous, for a while. It slows everyone to a manageable pace, it
muffles sounds, it gives you a different landscape and it freezes germs,
cleaning the world for a new year.
But of course it's not great for the birds, the old or the homeless . . .
Chris
p.s. no password needed now. cb
On 5 Feb 2012, at 17:44, Moose wrote:
>> The poem on his gravestone (also that of his daughter and of his wife) goes,
>>
>> “So be my passing
>> My task accomplished and the long day done
>> My wages taken, and in my heart
>> Some late lark singing
>> Let me be gathered in the quiet west
>> The sundown splendid and serene, Death.”
>
> I like.
>
> A slightly different voice on the same subject.
> <http://www.poetry-archive.com/j/mother_night.html>
>
>> ...
>>
>> All in all, it's a thought-provoking place, especially in the quiet of a
>> snowy Sunday morning.
>
> All but the snow part sounds lovely. :-)
>
> Hold the Snow Moose
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