First Things RSS Feed - Christopher Yu https://www.firstthings.com/author/christopher-yu en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:53 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/christopher-yu 60 Postcard to a Friend in Tuscany https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/01/postcard-to-a-friend-in-tuscany https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/01/postcard-to-a-friend-in-tuscany Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 -0500 Charlottesville, 9:00 A.M.
For once, snow; its drapery everywhere 
Like the pure wool of midnight, 
The thoughtless swooning of a shawl.
On the porch outside my window 
Six sparrows breakfast on seeds. 
Their world gone white, their life 
Suddenly monastic and severe.
No wind; yet their brown, terrestrial habits 
Flutter and jump.
And one lone cardinal. 
Their master, their lord of terrible aspect. 
Descends to join them, alights 
With a flourish and rises again.
Weightless as ashes, vivid as flame.

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