Taste of Winter by Ginny Lowe Connors

Taste of Winter
by
Ginny Lowe Connors

for every dollar we didn't have

another inch of snow

that year there was so much

we did not have

and so much snow

shifting in the shadow branches

that fell across the yard

it dreamed in silence

and for the first time my own dreams

remained invisible and blank

far away, cars carried people into their lives

my children in their too-small coats

scooped fresh snow into blue bowls

into each bowl I poured

a rich stripe of maple syrup

snow ice cream

they licked the bowls clean

the last crystal

melting on my daughter's lip

looked like a light going out

for every dollar we didn't have

an invention, a new game, a memory

laid down, cold but sweet

as good, I hoped, as money in the bank

Used with the author's permission.

Ginny Lowe Connors is a retired English teacher and the author of four full-length poetry collections and a chapbook, Under the Porch, which won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. She runs a small poetry press, Grayson Books, and is co-editor of Connecticut River Review. Ginny has also edited a number of poetry anthologies, including Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry. Learn more about her at www.ginnyloweconnors.com.

TheSilverOne:
What can I add to what has been said, except to say I loved reading this beautiful poem?
Posted 01/12/2013 04:18 PM

hanne gault:
You can tell a pro. good poem
Posted 01/12/2013 12:25 PM

Larry Schug:
This is what poetry is all about, not to mention the life lessons contained within. Thank you.
Posted 01/12/2013 11:10 AM

debrabruce:
The restraint and precision of the images is really impressive--and moving. And I admire the way you put the very personal into a larger context. Thanks--
Posted 01/12/2013 10:58 AM

bronwen67:
Lovely poem. My children also love the ritual of making snow cream.
Posted 01/12/2013 10:06 AM

Gilbert Allen:
A sparsely elegant and moving poem
Posted 01/12/2013 09:56 AM

wordsmith:
Better than money in the bank. Great poem.
Posted 01/12/2013 09:23 AM

jeanie:
love this poem's content and form, simple and wise. thank you!
Posted 01/12/2013 09:16 AM

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