II. Like Snow from Songs for Mid-Winter

II. Like Snow from Songs for Mid-Winter
Based on the poetry of Robert Graves (1895-1985)
Frederick Bayani Mabalot, Composer|Pianist
Winter Puchert, Soprano
Photography by Suzannah Hunter
She, then, like snow in a dark night,
Fell secretly. And the world waked
With dazzling of the drowsy eye,
So that some muttered ‘Too much light,’
And drew the curtains close.
Like snow, warmer than fingers feared,
And to soil friendly;
Holding the histories of the night
In yet unmelted tracks.
Copyright 2017