Hunters in the Snow, William Carlos Williams  (1962)

The over-all picture is winter
icy mountains
in the background the return

from the hunt it is toward evening
from the left
sturdy hunters lead in

their pack the inn-sign
hanging from a
broken hinge is a stag a crucifix

between his antlers the cold
inn yard is
deserted but for a huge bonfire

that flares wind-driven tended by
women who cluster
about it to the right beyond

the hill is a pattern of skaters
Brueghel the painter
concerned with it all has chosen

a winter-struck bush for his
foreground to
complete the picture

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/williams/13468 (poem)

http://www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/yuletide-scenes-5-hunters-snow (painting)

This poem describes a painting called “Hunters in the snow” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. I found this to have Ekphrasis since it is explains the setting and the actions in the poem. The Art piece shows a town and some huge mountains far back. The poet William Carlos Explains that it is winter near icy mountains and there are hunters who are bringing meat and any food they can find. The poet explains how the Inn sign is crooked hanging from a broken hinge and how the Inn is cold and deserted because everyone is” between his antlers” at the huge bonfire. By this he means outside the Inn towards the middle of outside the store which you can clearly see the bonfire and people around it. The flares are blown by the wind towards the left and women who are clustering to the left to keep warm and out of the way from the roaring fire. This painting and poem stuck out to me since we are also in winter storms all the time in New York and although we might not have the same needs as looking for food and trying to keep warm with bonfires we have our own struggles in the crazy snow storms that New York throws at us.