So much snow in these photos. They make me think of a poem that Randall Thompson (composer) set to music and has become a favorite of middle school choirs. The title is “Velvet Show.” Here is a link to the music just in case you can get youtube. It takes about 3 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfkcL4P5ZNw
Below is the poem itself.
xoxo
Gogo
Velvet Shoes
Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.
I shall go shod in silk,
And you in wool,
White as white cow’s milk,
More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.
We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.
We shall walk in velvet shoes:
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.
Abe Tolkoff 
So much snow in these photos. They make me think of a poem that Randall Thompson (composer) set to music and has become a favorite of middle school choirs. The title is “Velvet Show.” Here is a link to the music just in case you can get youtube. It takes about 3 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfkcL4P5ZNw
Below is the poem itself.
xoxo
Gogo
Velvet Shoes
Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.
I shall go shod in silk,
And you in wool,
White as white cow’s milk,
More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.
We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.
We shall walk in velvet shoes:
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.
Elinor Wylie
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