A 'flat push'

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“Outside the snow comes rolling in

from the flats of Quebec. It’s the flat push

on things I fear. The north glass

rattles and bulges….’’

— From “Storm,’’ by John Engels (1931-2007), a Vermont poet. He taught at St. Michael’s College, in Colchester, just north of Burlington.


“Allegory of Winter,’’ by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter  (1683)

“Allegory of Winter,’’ by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter (1683)

St. Michael’s College

St. Michael’s College