Snowy Aubade

Thomas Quitzau

February 1, 2022

Stony Brook, New York

The sky has wedded Earth before dawning.

Or could it be someone’s flipped the awning?

Either way, this bridal dress consummates

Union states once thought virginal, wedlocked

Land, indigene island, no one’s bedrock.

Run to the window if you even care,

In your oil-heated home (dare not to stare!);

Sweet lighting glows, but the veil obfuscates

The view—see who’s most eager to scamper?

My huskie: debonaire happy camper!  

Thomas Quitzau is a poet and teacher who grew up in the Gulf Coast region and who worked for over 30 years in Houston, Texas. A survivor of Hurricane Harvey, he recently wrote a book entitled Reality Showers, and currently teaches and lives on Long Island, New York with his wife and children.

Photo above by Thomas Quitzau