This week’s A-Z photo challenge, hosted by Frizztext, features the letter “Q,” a  rather difficult one.  I chose to submit a photo of our road blanketed some winters ago in snow, a beautiful, quiet scene.  It is true that a lovely snowfall brings a quiet hush to the world.

VELVET SHOES

by Elinor Wylie

Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.

I shall go shod in silk
And you in wool,
White as white cow’s milk
More beautiful than the breast of a gull.

We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.

We shall walk in velvet shoes:
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.

To participate in this challenge or to see more interpretations of the letter “Q,” see http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/qqq-challenge/

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