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January 2009

Russian landscape painter Isaac Levitan (1860-1900) painted Evening on the Volga with large stratocumulus clouds above the calm river. Levitan was born in Lithuania and his family moved to Moscow, Russia where he learned to paint landscapes filled with emotion.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But just what words?

We'd like to invite you to submit your own poem about this month's featured Weather image. Be as creative and expressive as you can! And check back next month to write another wonderful poem about a weather image.

Solitude
by Sally, age 68, England

Solitude
Snow of solitude
and silver white.
Sunlight,yellow pale
in a silent sky.
Drift together
weather tied
and cold
as the old year stills
and purifies its soul.

Sally Plumb Haverhil Suffolk England
Published "Decanto" poetry magazine
Littlehampton England

More Poems about This Image

Wonders
by Keyaria, age 15, Alabama/U.S.A

Wolga à l'heure bleue (Volga in the blue hour)
by Jürg, age 56, Bächau, Switzerland

Winter
by Sally Plumb, age 68, England

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