Ways to Describe the Winter Sky

A non-comprehensive list

1. A cataract over the eye of the world

2. A barrier of frosted glass between us and the eternal night of space

3. The sun bleeding out softly over a bed of thin clouds

4. Cement in the process of drying, about three-quarters of the way there

5. An uninterrupted field of forget-me-nots pleading their case

6. A faceted sapphire gleaming with refracted light

7. Brittle shale fissioning into untold fractions

8. The marks a palette of pastels leaves behind on creative fingers

9. A sliver of light emerging from a cracked door

10. Tears falling quietly from a hidden face

11. The polished surface of an undisturbed lake on a windless day

12. A color gradient chart hanging in an art classroom

13. Fire illuminating ancient cave walls

14. The underwater churning of crashing waves

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[THE FAINT SHADOW OF THE MORNING MOON?]

By Yone Noguchi

The faint shadow of the morning moon?
Nay, the snow falling on the earth.
The mist of blossoming flowers?
Nay, poetry smiling up the sky.