Dreams of spring

Fire. 火

This year's theme was "the 4 elements". After a snowy ballerina and a spring flower, Elsa chose the fire for Carnival day at school.

Water stays still for wonder

...

Water stays still for wonder;

Herb and flower,

Else starved with cold,

In warmth and darkness cower.

Miracle, far and near, 

That starry flake

Can of its myriads

Such wide pasture make, 

For sun to colour,

And for moon to wan,

And day's vast vault of blue

To arch upon!

A marvel of light,

Whose verge of radiance seems

Frontier to paradise, 

The bourne of dream.

...

Walter De La Mare

Snow 

in Memory & Other poems

Clouded with snow

Eight

 Eight. Happy birthday my dear.

Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-
"We play from the time we wake till the day ends.
We play with the golden dawn, we play with the silver moon."
I ask, "But how am I to get up to you ?"
They answer, "Come to the edge of the earth, lift up your
hands to the sky, and you will be taken up into the clouds."
"My mother is waiting for me at home, "I say, "How can I leave
her and come?"
Then they smile and float away.
But I know a nicer game than that, mother.
I shall be the cloud and you the moon.
I shall cover you with both my hands, and our house-top will
be the blue sky.
The folk who live in the waves call out to me-
"We sing from morning till night; on and on we travel and know
not where we pass."
I ask, "But how am I to join you?"
They tell me, "Come to the edge of the shore and stand with
your eyes tight shut, and you will be carried out upon the waves."
I say, "My mother always wants me at home in the everything-
how can I leave her and go?"
They smile, dance and pass by.
But I know a better game than that.
I will be the waves and you will be a strange shore.
I shall roll on and on and on, and break upon your lap with
laughter.
And no one in the world will know where we both are. 

Rabindranath Tagore

Clouds and waves  

Snow