Ryanne Molinari

An Active & Imaginative Life

January 9, 2022

Not Like Snow

I do not want to be made white like snow
Which covers and conceals there still below
The dark and dirt of this our hard-packed earth;
It blankets but cannot bring about new birth.

Instead, I’ll be the frost that fades away—
Made brilliant, burning in the light of day—
And, turned to water, washed in bitter death
Is risen as the whitest wintry breath.

Poetry

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Ryanne Molinari (MLitt, University of St. Andrew’s) is a pianist/organist, pastor’s wife, and lover of words. She is the author of Spirit-Filled Singing: Bearing Fruit as We Worship Together, and her writing has been published in journals such as the Journal of the T. S. Eliot Society (UK). Connect with Ryanne by subscribing to her blog or following her on Instagram.