Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Octomeber Day 11 - Word List 3

Day 11. Another word list for you. Write in any form but including the following words: candle, nutmeg, glass, switch, incumbent, formula.

Pumpkin Spiced Latte

Glass to warm the hands. Scents of season 
perfuming the air - clove, nutmeg, ginger; 
taste of all things winter. 
Bring a switch of wood to start a fire,  
Scented candle for a reading light. 

Incumbent season beats against 
window pane - sleet and wind roaring 
as if determined to offend. 
But here, as element of formula for 
the quiet and the calm, it becomes 

soft drumbeat behind the soft 
crack of wood and flame, rustle of 
pages turning and a soft whisper 
of jazz saxophone echoing 
somewhere nearby.

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