Night Watch

Ways to Say Winter

in Dutch:    winter

in German:    winter

in Danish:    vinter

in Icelandic:    vetur

in French:    hiver

in Finnish:    talvi

in Catalan:    hivern

in Italian:    inverno

in Spanish:    invierno

in Latin:    hiems

in Greek:    χειμώνας

in Persian:       زمستان

in Thai:    ฤดูหนาว

in Chinese:    冬天

in Japanese:    冬

in Russian:    зима

in Maori:    takurua

in Figian:    vulaililiwa

in Somali:    jiilaal

in Zulu:    ubisika

in Turkish:    kış

Or, in Me:

warm kisses
cold noses

old music

echoes

clasped hands

beards, thick with

icicles

frost-lace

quiet

snow-bowed trees 
red cheeks

long, finely-knitted scarves

wind

furnaces

people pressed together

wooly mittens

mulled apple cider

white white

promises