Elizabeth Bishop Quote

The short, half-tone scale of winter weathers
is a spread pigeon's wing.
Winter lives under a pigeon's wing, a dead wing with damp feathers.


North and South (1955)


The short, half-tone scale of winter weathers is a spread pigeon's wing. Winter lives under a pigeon's wing, a dead wing with damp feathers.

The short, half-tone scale of winter weathers is a spread pigeon's wing. Winter lives under a pigeon's wing, a dead wing with damp feathers.

The short, half-tone scale of winter weathers is a spread pigeon's wing. Winter lives under a pigeon's wing, a dead wing with damp feathers.

The short, half-tone scale of winter weathers is a spread pigeon's wing. Winter lives under a pigeon's wing, a dead wing with damp feathers.