http://www.englishforums.com/English/Poetry/Forum13.htmPoets.. come one, come all.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanAnyoneExplainThePoem/bxmml/post.htmSun, 24 May 2009 01:00:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:155986Atulkumar0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanAnyoneExplainThePoem/bxmml/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments13-155986.xmlSNOWMEN chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />>> My ancestor, a man of Himalayan snow, came to chemas-microsoft-com:office marttags" />lace> Kashmir lace> from lace> Samarkand lace> , carrying a bag of whale bones: heirlooms from sea funerals. His skeleton carved from glaciers, his breath arctic, he froze women in his embrace. His wife thawed into stony water, her old age a clear evaporation. >> This heirloom, his skeleton under my skin, passed from son to grandson, generations of snowmen on my back. They tap every year on my window, their voices hushed to ice. >> No, they won't let me out of winter, and I've promised myself, </SPAN