Saturday, February 2, 2013

Edvard Grieg

arrives early in morning
lightly stepping
through snow on
your unshovelled sidewalk 

his wild white hair
swept back
glows like the snow
when he takes off his wide brimmed hat
in your entrance 

brushes off little icicles
on his Einstein moustache
and then takes off his heavy coat  

you pour cream in his coffee
and he looks at you with
serious eyes
piercing the formality of the moment 

speaks of the whiteness of the world outside
the many shades of white
that never get named 

the white in the shadows is what interests him
the cloudy day whiteness
and the white beneath the branches
moonlight white
and sunrise white 

and as he gives these a voice
you see anew the
wild
swept back world of
winter wonder

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