On Winter Nights Poem by Jette Blackstone

Great! Now how about the 4th stanza.

i'd have to look up what a pantoum is, jette, but the form, the repetitions given the subject matter, the exploration of waking and dreaming consciousness, all make this an excellent poem. good stuff! -glen

The ordinary processes of natural things strike us as extrraordinary IF WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION. And your evocation of the owl is attentive to the beauty of its sound and the irreducible mystery of its being. Yoir poem lets this creative be itself, and your response is not knowledge but experience. I DON'T KNOW WHY? is repeated. It shows you are celebrating another life, not defining it. I find this view of an animal very moving.

Birds in the morning seem to have a strong effect on poets! I think I've written a handful of poems touching on this theme. Good one, Jette.

A great poem with smooth rhythm and rhyme...lovely!

Beautiful Pantoum....! Really wonder how you manage to write it keeping all norms in tact! Some how, I cannot think of bringing out a beautiful pantoum!