Jan/Feb 2021  •   Poetry  •   Special Feature

Long Winter

by Emma E. Vogl

Earthscape artwork by Andres Amador

Earthscape artwork by Andres Amador


Long Winter

There are nails in my wall
exposed with nothing to hold.
Looking vertically,
they are like tree stumps
in freefalling snow.
It's all empty:
the bricks of my house
hold no fire,
my eyes—
no wonder,
the gold candlesticks—
devoid of wax.