Sums it up

Pretty much sums up this past winter and it's not over yet. More snow predicted for next week.

So, please enjoy the following word picture instead. 

Windharp

The sounds of Ireland,  
that restless whispering 
you never get away 
from, seeping out 
of low bushes and grass, 
heatherbells and fern, 
wrinkling bog pools, 
scraping tree branches, 
light hunting cloud, 
sound hounding sight, 
a hand ceaselessly 
combing and stroking 
the landscape, till 
the valley gleams
 like the pile upon 
a mountain pony's coat.

John Montague