A Day in Toxovo

In the midst of
A blanket of a million stars
On turf that croaks
Deep moans
Over fields of bare:
Frozen lakes,
Trees,
Listless silence
With a filial whisper breeze
Where clocks tick far below
And still is life as death
Heart sits on her cliff
Her feet sway over
And earth-croak’s
Warm her toes

Vladimir Fanshil