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“Snowbound Condemnation by Stewart Stafford My vigil for a shabby scarecrow, Cruciform in a snowdrift field, Its saviour-suited arms clawing At corvids, frozen heels to Heaven. Its mouth a wailing O-shape, Lamenting deafened ears of corn, Resuscitation for a fool's errand, In a hysterical chorus of biting gales. Haunting a sycamore tree, complicit, I witnessed desolation's spectacle, Half-expecting a condemned miracle, This pilgrim genuflected into green slush. © 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.” — Stewart Stafford
Snowbound Condemnation by Stewart Stafford
My vigil for a shabby scarecrow,
Cruciform in a snowdrift field,
Its saviour-suited arms clawing
At corvids, frozen heels to Heaven.
Its mouth a wailing O-shape,
Lamenting deafened ears of corn,
Resuscitation for a fool's errand,
In a hysterical chorus of biting gales.
Haunting a sycamore tree, complicit,
I witnessed desolation's spectacle,
Half-expecting a condemned miracle,
This pilgrim genuflected into green slush.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.