15 December 2019

News.

Jackson, Snow-Laden Trees, 1914


I have news for you:
The stag bells, winter snows, summer has gone
Wind high and cold, the sun low, short its course
The sea running high.
Deep red the bracken; its shape is lost;
The wild goose has raised its accustomed cry,
Cold has seized the birds' wings;
Season of ice, this is my news.

Anonymous, 9th century, Irish

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