POEM STARTER
Write a winter Pantoum.
A pantoum is a poem where each stanza is 4 lines, and the second and fourth line of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next. As this creates a lot of repetition, try to pick a winter theme that would benefit from emphasis of certain lines.
Hometown
It’s winter back in my hometown
The snow will be falling slowly down
Twinkling lights will be hung downtown
That’s just how it’s done in a small town
The snow will be falling slowly down
Children are playing on the playground
That’s just how it’s done in a small town
And so it will will stay until sundown
Children are playing on the playground
Parents are on the porch counting down
And so it will stay until the sundown
As the snow is falling all around
Parents are on the porch counting down
There isn’t a single face with a frown
As the snow is falling all around
“Welcome,” I say, “to my hometown.”
