Edyth Jasmin’s Snowfall — A Southwick-Inspired Poem
— Part of the Southwick Time Machine Poetry Showcase Collection
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| Illustration inspired by Southwick, Massachusetts |
Snowfall
by Edyth Jasmin of Southwick, Massachusetts
(1940 Prize Poem)
I gaze through a frosted window pane;
The west wind howls down the lane.
The winding road is filled with drifts;
Some snow inside the window sifts,
As pastel flakes in heaven shape.
Trees, like ghosts with rumpled hair,
Shriek and moan as in despair.
The self-same grass that winter died,
Peeks through the snows with long-lost pride.
The cumulus clouds above us hover,
Tossing flakes the grim world over.
The frozen brook runs no more.
The distant pine make ceaseless roar.
We hear the peal of the old church bell
That sways on its moorings as if to tell
That hearts are warm inside each home,
And God has willed another poem.
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| Edyth Jasmin, circa 1942 |
Edyth Elizabeth (Jasmin) (Roberts) deForest: March 24, 1924 – May 31, 2015
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Additional Biographical Notes About the Poet
Edyth remarried after her first husband died in 1985. She outlived her second husband, too.
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