because one must have a mind of winter
123456white as, pure as, soft as, quiet as
night magic, morning curtains leaking gleam
123456the child in us expectant, silenced, small
cars tucked up, muffled under puffy drifts
123456bird tracks etching dance moves
snowflakes vanishing on eager tongues
123456snowmen, snowballs, carrots, hats
the taste of gloves, the smell of wool
123456compacted crystals screaking under boots
thinning dreams of arctic blue          then snowmelt
123456calving icebergs pure as, white as
© Geraldine Mitchell
Picture 10183119, photograph by Andrew Besley, 1960s, image copyright Mary Evans / Andrew Besley
Irish Poet Geraldine Mitchell has published four collections: World Without Maps (2011), Of Birds and Bones (2014), Mountains for Breakfast (2017) and, most recently, Mute/Unmute (2020). She is published by Arlen House. Geraldine won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 2008 and was the overall winner in the inaugural Trócaire-Poetry Ireland poetry competition in 2012. Most recently, she was placed second in the 2021 Troubadour International Poetry Prize. Widely published in journals in Ireland and the UK, she has also frequently been broadcast on RTÉ radio and appeared in The Irish Times and The Examiner newspapers. Having worked for many years in France and Spain, she now lives on the Co. Mayo coast. www.geraldinemitchell.net
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