Advent

Last log-sparks impinge on the grate. Great Bear’s breath rattles the window. Stew steams with a dozen spices. Hoarfrost-thoughts droop head to chest. Furred things, feathered things, six-legs slumber. Root touches root in the dark earth. Fallen world tucks in its shroud of prophecies in weft and warp: out of eons flush with dying

a blissful and a dreadful Coming

Winter, the Christmas Tree (set design for Sun and Earth), Anton Brioschi, 1894 (photo credit: Archivio Storico Ricordi)

#veronadipinta Anton Brioschi, Arche Scaligere, 1920 https://www.instagram.com/p/CppTkvNL183/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#veronadipinta Anton Brioschi, Arche Scaligere, 1920 https://www.instagram.com/amoveronaa/p/CX1H8iwo3Ki/?utm_medium=tumblr