SNOWMEN ~ Someone we have all made
Nobody when it snows ~ misses
Out on making a big SNOWMAN !
What are the British criteria ?
Make Head ~ Body ~ Arms of SNOW
Every SNOWMAN must have a Hat
Nose a carrot ~ eyes and mouth ~ coal !
Every SNOWMAN must have a Scarf
Let's keep our SNOWMAN ~ snug & warm
Each SNOWMAN must have coal buttons
Gloves NO ~ Legs NO ~ Shoes NO ~ Smile YES !
All British SNOWMEN are HAPPY !
Not even in ALASKA do .......
They last forever ~ THEY BRING JOY !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN XOX
This Poem is presented as a 7 7 Acrostic Sonnet ~ written
in iambic tetrameter ~ eight syllables per line to give flow !
British Snowmen do NOT have twigs for arms (God forbid)
we make the arms out of snow ! Classically the eyes ~ mouth
and buttons should be coal or dark pebbles. A Hat and a
scarf complete the ensemble. We all cry when He melts !
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Author:
BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (
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It is not even December yet Brian and winter is yet to come. Good write though.
Well ANDY ~ Scotland has had her first SNOW already and Wee Scots Snowies ha' appeared wi' Tartan Tammies an' Scarves and the lovely CHRISTINA S has reported first snowfall in "The State of the Snow Queen" As soon as it snows in my neck of the woods ~ I'll be round to me Mam's makin' me first Snowy o' the Year ~ AMEN ~ Yours BRIAN "The Snowman !"
Suffering from cold induced urticaria (I'm allergic to the cold - opposite end of the spectrum to heat rash) the cold is the last thing I look forward to and I certainly don't like snow for the same reason - but I do like to see the snowmen albeit from a distance.
"From a distance" everything comes into broader and sharper focus ! Thanks for your comment ~ Snowmen are one of the Winter memories of a misspent Youth and always nostalgic. Still being Youthful ~ Mum loves me to make a nostalgic Snowy in her Garden ~ when it snows ! Flats don't have Gardens ~ just PARKING PLACES ~ c'est la vie ! Yours BRIAN
A fine write Brian.
Love the picture--it snowed again yesterday but not much. Great acrostic sonnet. Didn't know you didn't use twigs for arms. Oh well. great write Brian! The countdown to Thanksgiving (so we can write about christmas lol) is on! Sisterly hugs--Christina
Thanks CHRIS ~ soon be enough snow to make an S-MAN ! You can make a handsome one and call him BRIAN ! No twigs for arms though ! Pleased you liked the POEM ~ if I can't rhyme ~ I make each line co-syllabic to give it flow for recitation ! Thanksgiving ~ Christmas ~ New Year is what I call the "Season of Festivity" ~ OK. Because the College closes from 15 DECEMBER to 5 JANUARY 2018 ~ we have to start our Christmas Menu (in the Training Restaurant) early Monday 2O NOVEMBER ~ so we all get in the Christmas MOOD early ! We will celebrate THANKSGIVING in the Restaurant ~ Turkey ~ Pumpkin Pie etc next Thursday (24 November !) Festive Hugs for You ~ Brian "Man for All Seasons !" @@@@@@@
Making snowman is a lot of fun, shovel snow is a load of work. Love your snowman.
THANKS M & M ~ Pleased you liked the SNOWMAN ~ a real ENGLISH SNOWMAN as described in my Poem ! As with everything in Life "M" there at highs & lows ! The lows are clearing the Drive & Paths ~ The highs are sledging ~ snowball fights and of course SNOWMEN ! Festival hugs ~ BRIAN
I can't remember the last time I made a snowman. Although I do remember trying to make a lighthouse around the lamp post in front of the house for my mother. Great write Brian.
Thanks AP ~ I am not a DAD (Yet !) but I always make a SNOWMAN for my Mum & Dad ! We make other things ~ dogs ~ cats ~ crocodiles ~ bears and also igloos etc. Please you liked the Structure and Subject of the Poem ~ Yours BRIAN
Great write
THANKS TONY ~ Pleased you enjoyed it ~ BRIAN
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A magical read which brings back many Snowman-making joys when I lived up-country in the Cotswold hills - have yet to manage one in Cornwall south west though so I really loved the scene your pen painted with proper attire and smile to match. Lovely job Brian.
THANKS FAY ~ I knew you would understand the criteria for a genuine BRITISH SNOWMAN. I love the Cotswolds ~ pleased you had a chance to live there ! Very pretty bit a long way from the COAST. Pleased you enjoyed the Poem ~ Yours as ever BRIAN
Brings me back to my time living in Montreal. Lots of snow, made snowmen (the American way, with stick arms!!!), even igloos for the kids to play house in. Great Fun.
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