Dark of the Moon

Chapter 60: Winter Night Song

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About This Book

A collection of lyric poems organized into thematic sections that dwell on natural landscapes, seasonal change, and intimate emotion. Short, image-driven pieces range from moonlit nights and coastal scenes to autumnal boulevards and secluded woods, often pairing precise sensory detail with reflections on longing, love, memory, and mortality. Portraits of individuals and quiet elegies appear alongside meditations on stars and tides, producing a restrained, musical voice that emphasizes transience and beauty through concise, resonant language.

Winter Night Song

Will you come as of old with singing,

And shall I hear as of old?

Shall I rush to open the window

In spite of the arrowy cold?

Ah no, my dear, ah no,

I shall sit by the fire reading,

Though you sing half the night in the snow

I shall not be heeding.

Though your voice remembers the forest,

The warm green light and the birds,

Though you gather the sea in your singing

And pour its sound into words,

Even so, my dear, even so,

I shall not heed you at all;

Though your shoulders are white with snow,

Though you strain your voice to a call,

I shall drowse and the fire will drowse,

The draught will be cold on the floor,

The clock running down,

Snow banking the door.