“A sheet of white extends to the lone dark vertical of the elm tree in the centre ... It is too perfect, to inviolate ... The snow is graced with waves written by the wind, the elm raises crooked arms in sleeves of white.”

“Narrow lanes climb both slopes and come together in a great ring of elm trees which encircles the flat summit. Any wind--even the slightest--draws from the height of the elms a rushing sound, multifoliate and powerful.”

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”

“Standing at the edge of the dark forest, he kissed me. The forest shook, trembled. Where snow touched the trees, white flecks rose into the air and danced on the hands of the wind. Branches waved. Trees swayed, bending to almost break. Or maybe it was me, us. Maybe it was us moving while the rest of the world stood still.”

“I have suffered the atrocity of sunsets.--from "Elm", written 19 April 1962”

“Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it--from "Elm", written 19 April 1962”