THE SNOW

by Emily Dickinson

It sifts from leaden sieves,

It powders all the wood,

It fills with alabaster wool

The wrinkles of the road.

It makes an even face

Of mountain and of plain, ~

Unbroken forehead from the east

Unto the east again.

It reaches to the fence,

It wraps it, rail by rail,

Till it is lost in fleeces;

It flings a crystal veil.

On stump and stack and stem, ~

The summer's empty room,

Acres of seams where harvests were,

Recordless, but for them.

It ruffles wrists of posts,

As ankles of a queen,~

Then stills its artisans like ghosts,

Denying they have been.

E.D. From a daguerreotype ~ Wikipedia

~ Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886) American poet.  It was not until 1890 after Emily's death that her poetry was published.  It was not until 1955 that it was published complete and unedited. ~ Wikipedia.