Over at Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday Challenge is: GARDEN ART. You may visit their fabulous site by clicking on the Link >> Here .. and the poem below is my response to their Prompt
Jack’s Back
I woke at dawn
And there was Jack
Laying on my lawn
Good morning, Mr. Frost
I am at a loss
With the ground so white
And the air’s bitter bite
Why are called Jack?
The Jack’s I know from the outback
Are all warmhearted folks
And happy-go-lucky blokes
Not cold-blooded guys
Baptized by frozen skies
Are you a naughty and chilly skite?
Or a noble defender of the night
Jack! Today at first light
You gave my warm toes an icy fright
Ivor Steven (c) July 2022
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
i could feel the cold reading this poem in the heat of the Florida sun.
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I’m happy my words could cool you down Art 🌏💦
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🙂
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What a fun poem, Ivor! I can feel the cold right down to MY toes! HA!!! 🥶 🙂
THAT Jack is so sneaky! But, he does create such beautiful artwork in so many places! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂 💙
PS…always good to listen to Mr. Waits!!! 🙂
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Thank you Carolyn ..haha.. Jack’s frost gave me an opportunity to write a light hearted piece … away from the war-zone … which I’ve been trying to do this week .. get myself out of that rut … and I always enjoy listening to Tom Waits 💕🌏🤗🎶🐶💦
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You have Frost? Australia is the last place I expected to have a visit from Jack Frost! 🥶
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Oh …Geelong is a long way down South Sue .. and it snows up on the mountain ranges here in Victoria ..
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I always forget that South Australia is cooler than than the north, whereas here in the U.K. it’s the other way around. 🙂
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Hard to imagine frost at this time of year! Though it’s hardly a balmy summer here at the moment 😅
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Jack moves in mysterious ways 💦🌏
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Keep those toes bundled up! Jack frost will nip them for sure!
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Yes .. that Jack is sneaky
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:>)
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But I like Jack!!!!
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I’m a warm blooded bloke from the outback ..
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Good to have some fun
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Yes Derrick
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