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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ICE WITCHERIES, by ADELINE M. JENNEY
First Line: Shingled in light and tipped with fire
Last Line: To shattered crystal on the grasses.
Subject(s): Crystallization; Ice; Physics; Winter
First Line: Shingled in light and tipped with fire
Last Line: To shattered crystal on the grasses.
Subject(s): Crystallization; Ice; Physics; Winter
Shingled in light and tipped with fire,
The white church lifts a crystal spire;
The street is arched by crystal trees
Crusted with gleaming marquetries;
The elders droop with crystal seeds,
The elms tell shining buds like beads.
Down through the sunshine drops a breeze:
A thousand, whimsy melodies,
Small, vagrant, tinkling, silky patters,
Wake chittering harmony that scatters
Silence—and enchantment passes
To shattered crystal on the grasses.
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