January
The days are short,
The sun a spark,
Hung thin between
The dark and dark.
Fat snowy footsteps
Track the floor.
Milk bottles burst
Outside the door.
The river is
A frozen place
Held still beneath
The trees of lace.
The sky is low.
The wind is gray.
The radiator
Purrs all day.
The days are short,
The sun a spark,
Hung thin between
The dark and dark.
Fat snowy footsteps
Track the floor.
Milk bottles burst
Outside the door.
The river is
A frozen place
Held still beneath
The trees of lace.
The sky is low.
The wind is gray.
The radiator
Purrs all day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALc_tJEL82g
--John Updike (1932-2009) amerykański pisarz i poeta
--John Updike (1932-2009) amerykański pisarz i poeta
Dla zainteresowanych tłumaczenie:http://rymierz-wiersze.blog.onet.pl/2013/01/02/john-updike-styczen/
The dark and dark - to mnie dobija....
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