“I am fleshed at smaller sports, and grow in time
into the mineral thick fell of earth; Vermont
hairy with violets, roses, lilies and like
minions and darlings of the spring, meantime
working wonders, rousing astonishments….”
—From “West Topsham,’’ by John Engels (1931-2007), a Vermont-based poet and teacher. West Topsham is a village in the town of Topsham, Vt.
Town hall in Topsham
“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)
St. Michael’s College
