WINTER HOURS by Thomas R. Smith

Winter Hours by Thomas R. Smith
ISBN 1-890193-55-0; 50 pages; $10

CHRISTMAS BETWEEN COLFAX AND BLOOMER

The heavy dairy farms hold down the white

tablecloth of Wisconsin. Afternoon

sunlight searches past silos into the

birch groves. When the world disappoints, I still

do what I've always done---look inward to

the secret source. So much richness---plain wood

walls of corncribs enclosing gold darkness!