Despite the vicious bite and tenacity of grip
Icicle fangs of winter are shortening drip by drip
Roused by rising sap spring rallies to the fight
Stag-horn oaks stab black limbs against the strengthening light
A second front of snowdrops huddle in white helmets
Bivouacked beneath the blackthorn and clustered in defence
And a subtle hue of green is spreading through the moss
Where their predecessors fell to the bitter steel of frost.
Jan 27
Jan 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM UTC
Despite the vicious bite and tenacity of grip
Icicle fangs of winter are shortening drip by drip
Roused by rising sap spring rallies to the fight
Stag-horn oaks stab black limbs against the strengthening light
A second front of snowdrops huddle in white helmets
Bivouacked beneath the blackthorn and clustered in defence
And a subtle hue of green is spreading through the moss
Where their predecessors fell to the bitter steel of frost.
