Walking Through Snow, by Tom Lagasse

Shinkawabata at Handa, Owari Province (Bishu Handa Shinkawabata), from the series “Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu), by Kawase Hasui (Japan) 1935

Walking Through Snow

Between the cool-cold blue-gray 
sky and icy river both filling 
with snow,  a man and his dog 
are sandwiched between the twin
currents of unabated nature and 
the ethereal.  Along the silent worn 
path, they walk the quiet snow in 
solitude. In this uncertain hour, 
what flurry of thoughts might be 
stilled beneath the full moon 
of his umbrella.  Near the horizon, 
the glow from a row house’s windows, 
warm with light perhaps beckoning 
them home.

Tom Lagasse

Tom’s poetry has recently appeared in numerous publications and anthologies.  He was a 2024 Artist in Residence at the Edwin Way Teale House at Trail Wood.  He has received recognition for his poetry by the National Baseball Poetry Festival and was recently awarded the 2025 E. Ethelbert Miller Prize.  He is the Poet Laureate of Bristol, CT.