Taking Down the Winter Curtains
In wintertime they are hung as doubles
As insurance against weather’s troubles
Thin laced airy ones are the externals
Covered on the inside with heavy thermals
Put up late in the autumn, say
Taken down before the first of May
Sometimes open to let the light in
Mostly closed to protect against the wind
Open at times to view snow covered trees
Closed as the gale brings you to your knees
Thrown back to irradiate
sealed as the snow accumulates
Open on a rare sunlit day
Closed when you’re going away
Drawn back to let in the light
Closed so you can sleep at night
Taken down, wash, dry, iron, and store til the Fall
Going back up then, if I have the wherewithal
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Well written. Spring is in the air....Your poem, putting up and taking down the curtains, symbolizes not just physical protection from winter's harshness but also the transition and renewal that spring brings.
Most interesting the continual cycling represented in this poem. It is not only curtains.
Thank you, SB. One of life's chores.
You are most welcome
This is beautiful, I adore curtains of all types and textures, I certainly hope you get to put them back up in autumn. 🌹
Thank you, Teddy. Oh yeah, evert Spring and Fall.
Thanks Phil for a real insight into your existence in a climate totally different to mine.
Thanks, DD. It helps keep the heat in.
Understood. For me, any use of window coverings would be to keep the heat out.....
May those curtains always be open onto the wonderful life outside Phil.
Andy
Thanks, Andy. They surely do. We both come from seashore towns, so we make the drive quite often.
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