With icy hands does Winter stroke
The earth blows cold and dreary
As Autumn gives way to Winter's cloak
And all around lies weary.
The earth blows cold and dreary
Inside homes fires glow warm and bright
As all around lies weary
Within, rings laughter of delight.
Inside homes fires glow warm and bright
Winter's fingers dare not penetrate
Within, rings laughter of delight
Crumpets and cocoa do await.
Winter's fingers dare not penetrate
As Autumn gives way to Winter's cloak
Crumpets and cocoa do await
With icy hands does Winter stroke.
Author notes
option C Prompt C- Winter
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pantoum.html
Pantoum
The pantoum consists of a series of quatrains rhyming ABAB in which the second and fourth lines
of a quatrain recur as the first and third lines in the succeeding quatrain; each quatrain introduces a
new second rhyme as BCBC, CDCD. The first line of the series recurs as the last line of the closing
quatrain, and third line of the poem recurs as the second line of the closing quatrain, rhyming ZAZA.
The design is simple:
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5 (repeat of line 2)
Line 6
Line 7 (repeat of line 4)
Line 8
Continue with as many stanzas as you wish, but the ending stanzathen repeats the second and
fourth lines of the previous stanza (as its first and third lines), and also repeats the third line of
the first stanza, as its second line, and the first line of the first stanza as its fourth. So the first
line of the poem is also the last.
Last stanza:
Line 2 of previous stanza
Line 3 of first stanza
Line 4 of previous stanza
Line 1 of first stanza
In a list
A contest entry
- Obscure Forms 01: The Pantoum (options -- points will go up) by intoothandclaw.
550 points, ended January 5, 7 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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a good piece of poetry, formed, crumpets and cocoa, yes please, i will partake in some of that, it is a little chilly here (wipes head from sweat in heatwave) really, it is very cold here.
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I really don't know how you do these structured forms so easily and always so well. You are a fantastic poet. Best to yo in the contest
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A lovely pantoum for October as the chills start
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This is a nice change of season poem done in strict pantoum form. Well done!
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