Poetry Challenge April 2011

Well, when Merina dropped by for a visit two weekends ago, she gave me the following 5 words to work up into a poem: chocolate, purple, igloo, turban, and snatch.

Here's what I came up with.  (You try it!)

Winter Cloak

The sky turns pink, then purple

as the sun slowly dips.

Thick clouds wrap their misty arms

like a turban around the mountain tips.

The earthy bank of the river

is a deep rich chocolate brown;

slowly turning white as snowflakes collect

building little igloos over stones and sticks - a tiny town -

until a breeze begins to blow.

The wind hums merrily; to poke

and snatch at everything is fun.

Slowly all is covered in a winter cloak.