Winter mysteries

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“….The exhausting mysteries

of the self grow gray on the far horizon, but

the frosted windows of the schoolhouse gleam.’’

From “Schoolboys with Dog, Winter,’’ by William Matthews (1942-1997), New England-educated poet and essayist.

Mr. Matthews spent a term  as poet in residence at The {Robert} Frost Place, in Franconia, N.H.— Photo by Schnobby

Mr. Matthews spent a term as poet in residence at The {Robert} Frost Place, in Franconia, N.H.

— Photo by Schnobby

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