Winter
The hay so gold
The snow so white
The sky so blue
The sun so bright
The north wind howls
The ice slabs creak
The deer stand silent
The coyotes sneak
By Siobhan Lally (8)
February 2013
Winter
The hay so gold
The snow so white
The sky so blue
The sun so bright
The north wind howls
The ice slabs creak
The deer stand silent
The coyotes sneak
By Siobhan Lally (8)
February 2013
Posted by Ladder Ranch on February 26, 2013 in Animals, Events, Nature and Wildlife, Poetry
Tags: Poetry, Siobhan Lally, winter
Patrick and Sharon O'Toole are ranchers in the Little Snake River Valley on the Wyoming-Colorado border. They represent the fourth generation on the six-generation family ranch. The O'Tooles raise cattle, sheep, horses, dogs and children on their high country ranching operation. The transhumance operation stretches from north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado to Wyoming's Red Desert.
Pat has served in the Wyoming House of Representatives, the Western Water Policy Commission, and is currently President of the Family Farm Alliance, representing irrigators and water users in the western United States. He is active with several conservation and agricultural organizations.
Sharon is a writer and poet. She writes extensively on western issues, and the relationship between landscape, animals and people. She is widely published as an author, essayist and editorial commentator.
Pat and Sharon have three children. Their daughter, Meghan and her husband Brian Lally, live on the ranch with their children, Siobhán, Seamus, Maeve and Tiarnán. Meghan has also served on the Wyoming Board of Agriculture and the Environmental Quality Council, She and Brian are active in community service.
Daughter Bridget lives in Phoenix with her husband, Chris Abel, where she works in health care communications. Chris works in the food distribution business.
Son Eamon and his wife Megan live on the ranch with their sons, McCoy and Rhen. Eamon is a horseman and natural resource manager, and Megan is a flight nurse. Eamon is a member of the Wyoming Beef Council and is active in the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
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L. Stiehr
February 26, 2013 at 9:06 PM
What a beautiful poem and a tribute to the nature of God! I thank God everyday for my piece of paradise here in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
linda fleming
February 26, 2013 at 9:36 PM
Love the poem- I can see, feel, hear what you are saying. LF
Grandpa Joe
March 7, 2013 at 1:01 AM
I can’t say it better than Linda. Your poem, Siobhan, will stay with me a long time. More!
Ruth Hellman, RN
February 27, 2013 at 9:35 AM
Thank you for sharing your winter poem, and the photograph which goes so well with it. I love the deep stillness of winter, which seemed to come through in your words.
denise
March 2, 2013 at 7:02 PM
a feeling that’s deep and peaceful…..you have a gift for words, Siobhan……
Lynn Kohut
July 25, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Siobhan,
That is a beautiful poem, I look forward to reading more of them
🙂
Lynn
Skylynn
March 22, 2016 at 9:13 PM
Keep writing!!!