I have a new notebook
Spiral-bound with red cover
New Papermate mechanical pencil
With 0.5 mm lead
Warm slippers, hot coffee
For a cold January day
Whatever troubles my soul
Is here with me
As well as whatever
Brightens my day
Words come so slow
Frozen like the cold river
A merl of blackbirds swarm over
The summer’s flowers gone to seed
One plucky wren wings her way
To a prime place to feed
