WINTER
What? Light through yonder
Window breaks? I guess that makes
It quarter to eight.
Dark winter teatimes
They love the most for hot baked
Beans on buttered toast.
Warm inn, cold out, sup
Beer, say nowt, drink up, turn, go,
Lift latch, tramp through snow.
By Jove, a wood stove!
Load it, light it, shut the door
Orange flames, warm roar.
White field. Pink grey sky.
Stillest, starkest, featureless,
Fathomless silence.
A great warmth pervades
My life these days. I’m so pleased
I got double glazed.
Let there be praise for
Macaroni cheese. Comfort
Food for days like these.