Ekphrasis On Snow At Argenteuil

footprints carved on a crystalline carpet the winding traces of morning skaters on teal and ivory rugged snowfield lead me to his quiet hometown the bare trees that surround me are like dancing old willows by the brooks freezing as they witness the old folks faded in the misty blue the silver charm of the clouds above me enchant me like the way you thrill me when you look at me without a word or two 1 March 2022 A Brian Strand Visual Poetry Contest Sponsored by Briand Strand 1st place Notes: Snow at Argenteuil is an oil-on-canvas landscape painting from the Impressionist artist Claude Monet. It is the largest of no fewer than eighteen works Monet painted of his home commune of Argenteuil while it was under a blanket of snow during the winter of 1874–1875. (Info and phot credits to Wikipedia).