Dominic Windram

The Hunters In The Snow: ( Inspired By Pieter Bruegel The Elder\'s Painting, 1565)

The hunters in the snow are returning

Home. They are very weary and in

Need of warmth, food and drink. They trudge along

With their black dogs having only caught one

Fox. All around them is a coat of white.

In the grey distance, mountains with Alpine

Like peaks penetrate the bleak, winter skies.

They\'re juxtaposed with a church and the rise

Of smoke from chimneys. The scene is dream- like.

Midground, the quaint village bursts into life.

On a frozen pond people are skating,

Curling and playing. Humanity brings

Meaning to Nature\'s bitter, yet scenic

Landscape. Simple joys defy suffering.