The Northern Soul Christmas Poem: Snow Blind

Posted by Wendy Pratt | Dec 23, 2019 | Arts

Oh my, it’s nearly Christmas. We love our festive traditions and here’s a particular favourite: the Northern Soul Christmas poem by Wendy Pratt, written in response to Paul Hunter’s beautiful photograph.

Snow Blind

Time becomes white noise, here.
Nothing moves. A stillness of trees
is woodcut-black against snow,
white as a winter stoat.

Hawthorn becomes horizon;
a fence-line-reflection of nothing
and nothing and we are wintered out,
stepping deeply across, into the sky.

Poem written exclusively for Northern Soul by Wendy Pratt; photo by Paul Hunter, our North Yorkshire Photographer

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About The Author

Wendy Pratt

Wendy Pratt lives near Filey, North Yorkshire. She worked a microbiologist at the local NHS hospital for some years, completing a BA in English Literature in 2014. Wendy began trying to fashion a career out of her writing in 2008 and has since had her poetry published widely including The Interpreter’s House, Pennine Platform, Prole, Envoi, Other Poetry, Acumen, The Frogmore Papers and The English Chicago Review. Wendy’s first poetry pamphlet, Nan Hardwicke Turns into a Hare, was published by Prolebooks in 2011 and was well received, being reviewed favourably in the Times Literary Supplement. You can find out more about Wendy on her website: https://wendyprattpoetry.com/