Poem
Adrian Mitchell
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SNOWS
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SNOWS
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SNOWS
especially when it snowsand every tree
has its dark arms and widespread hands
full of that shining angelfood
especially when it snows
and every footprint
makes a dark lake
among the frozen grass
especially when it snows darling
and tough little robins
beg for crumbs
at golden-spangled windows
ever since we said goodbye to you
in that memorial garden
where nothing grew
except the beautiful blank-eyed snow
and little Caitlin crouched to wave goodbye to you
down in the shadows
especially when it snows
and keeps on snowing
especially when it snows
and down the purple pathways of the sky
the planet staggers like King Lear
with his dead darling in his arms
especially when it snows
and keeps on snowing
© 1996, the estate of Adrian Mitchell
From: Blue Coffee
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Tarset
From: Blue Coffee
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, Tarset
Adrian Mitchell
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1932 - 2008)
“Joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe.” (Angela Carter)
Dubbed the Shadow Poet Laureate in 2003 by Red Pepper magazine, Adrian Mitchell has been one of the most exciting popular voices in British poetry for almost half a century. He passed away just days before Christmas 2008, marking the end of an incredibly prolific, and political...
Dubbed the Shadow Poet Laureate in 2003 by Red Pepper magazine, Adrian Mitchell has been one of the most exciting popular voices in British poetry for almost half a century. He passed away just days before Christmas 2008, marking the end of an incredibly prolific, and political...
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ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SNOWS
especially when it snowsand every tree
has its dark arms and widespread hands
full of that shining angelfood
especially when it snows
and every footprint
makes a dark lake
among the frozen grass
especially when it snows darling
and tough little robins
beg for crumbs
at golden-spangled windows
ever since we said goodbye to you
in that memorial garden
where nothing grew
except the beautiful blank-eyed snow
and little Caitlin crouched to wave goodbye to you
down in the shadows
especially when it snows
and keeps on snowing
especially when it snows
and down the purple pathways of the sky
the planet staggers like King Lear
with his dead darling in his arms
especially when it snows
and keeps on snowing
From: Blue Coffee
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SNOWS
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