The Dial (Third Series)/Volume 75/The Precincts of February
THE PRECINCTS OF FEBRUARY
BY YVOR WINTERS
Junipers,
Steely shadows
Floating the jay.
A man,
Heavy and iron-black,
Alone in sun,
Threading the grass.
The cold
Coming again
As spring
Came up the valley,
But to stay
Rooted deep in the land;
The stone-pierced shadows
Trod by the bird
For day on day.