An early morn’s blanket of snow

covering the landscape with pure white

No brown-death of leaves and flora

to remind all of warmth of yesterdays.

Covering the landscape with pure white,

colder North winds blowing down

to remind all of warmth of yesterdays -

snuggling close to the heating stove.

Colder North winds blowing down

A snowstorm brews without;

snuggling close to the heating stove

as hot cocoa simmers its aroma

A snowstorm brews without;

within there is a coziness

with hot cocoa simmering its aroma.

My love and I enjoy each other’s warmth, watching.

Within there is a coziness

no brown-death of leaves and flora;

my love and I enjoy each other’s warmth, watching

an early morn’s blanket of snow.

© Jackie (Micke) Jinks, December 2005

*A Pantoum is a French form of poetry, based on Malaysian pantum;

4-line stanzas, repetitive lines as:

(stanza) numbered lines

1 – 2 – 3 – 4

2 – 5 – 4 – 6

5 – 7 – 6 – 8

7 – 9 – 8 – 10

9 – 3 – 10 – 1