February Twilight

I stood beside a hill

Smooth with new-laid snow,

A single star looked out

From the cold evening glow.

There was no other creature

That saw what I could see--

I stood and watched the evening star

As long as it watched me. 

Sara Teasdale

A very long and very cold winter has a firm grip on us.

No, I have not wished it away…. I know that soon enough the 

Winter of 2014 will be but a memory.

I dress warm when it's cold and drink hot soup.

I look long at the shadows on snow

 and listen to the quiet.