—- Photo by Mathias Krumbholz
“An old woman by a window watching the storm —
Dark River and dark sky and furious wind
Full of green flying leaves, gray flying rain….
Daughters and grandchildren in a darkened room….
Call to her to come, to come away….
Above the wind and the crash of a porch chair
And now the thunder, she does not seem to hear
Or if she hears, she does not answer them….’’
— From “The Reading of the Psalm,’’ by Robert Francis (1901-87). He lived in Cushman Village, part of Amherst, Mass. Robert Frost much admired him.
Keet House, one of many old houses in the Cushman Village Historic District
