#Promptuarium
You had an idea it was coming
The ladies and gents of the met office
had been talking about it for weeks
on daytime tv
The Clouds too, in their Marshmallow way
had given you an inkling of the next few hours
while the mercury in the kitchen thermometer
refused to budge
The birds, made a move
from their preferred position on telly aerials
to a more secluded spot
under the roof tiles
Winter Hill – temporarily stopped
so on the radio, programmes popped
while shapes of snow, one and all
on country and city roofs do they fall
The snow kept falling – what could they do?
birds keeping together – in nesting sites new
while plans afoot – by kids to do
to build a snow house – a garden igloo
The Inkwell 