"Velvet Shoes"

Today was a Snow Day! We spent the morning stenciling leaves on Rebecca's bedroom floor, then went outside for a nature walk to enjoy the snowflakes. Leah was saying she loved the quiet sound of the snow so I found a fantastic poem to read afterwards: "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 a 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.