AFWLS Winter Poem

The Snow Man

WALLACE STEVENS

One must have a mind of winter

To regard the frost and the boughs

Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;

And have been cold a long time

To behold the junipers shagged with ice,

The spruces rough in the distant glitter

Of the January sun; and not to think

Of any misery in the sound of the wind,

In the sound of a few leaves,

Which is the sound of the land

Full of the same wind

That is blowing in the same bare place

For the listener, who listens in the snow,

And, nothing himself, beholds

Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.

There are some beautiful winter poems out there, and even more that have yet to be discovered! You will send your partner one poem on the subject of winter. It can be one previously published, or if you are a budding poet, one of your own works! It may be typed or handwritten, on paper or in a note card if space permits, but no postcards. Any extra poems, stickers, tea, etc. is at the sender's discretion and not required for a 5 rating.

Please send and rate on time. Include swap name and your username somewhere on the envelope.

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