Something From My Kitchen - in pantoum-style - by Fiona Carstairs

credit: Amazon

 I stand in my kitchen looking for an object of interest

The drawer is open to display a myriad of culinary tools

There is the  gentle sound of water dripping from the tap

A knock at the front door distracts me from my mission

The drawer stands open a myriad of tools on display

I choose an item from the clutter and place on the counter

A knock on the front door distracts my mission

So leaving all I attend to the clatter of the knocker

                    

The item from the clutter is  placed  upon the counter 

Running downstairs I open the door to the postman

Leaving all I attend to the clatter of the knocker

A package from abroad is accepted with interest

                         

Running downstairs I open the door to the postman

He hands me a brown paper parcel and says hi

A package from abroad is accepted with interest

With thanks I close the door and return upstairs.

                      

The postman says hi and hands me a brown paper parcel

The postmark suggests it’s from Spain

With thanks I close the door and return upstairs

My curiosity is piqued I open the package

The postmark suggests it is from Spain

I wrinkle my nose and turn on my brain

My curiosity is piqued as I open the package

Almonds round and smooth from a friend way back

                       

I wrinkle my nose and turn on my brain

This is an omen I cannot explain

Almonds - shells round and smooth from a friend

I look at the gadget on the counter’s end

This is an omen that  can not  be explained

My friend in Spain knows I like almonds

I look at the gadget I have at the counter’s end

The object I’ve chosen is a  Drosselmeyer

My friend in Spain grows almonds 

He has sent me almonds in shells in the past

The kitchen gadget I have chosen is a Drosselmeyer

Nuts can be very hard to crack but this is the tool at last!

He has sent me almonds with shells in the past

I have tried to crack them with a basic nut cracker

 They can be hard to crack here is a tool at last

 A Drosselmeyer- Swedish sleek in its design

 

I have tried to crack nuts with a basic nut cracker

Sometimes successful but not always

So I bought this nutcracker of Swedish sleek design

 Named for Hoffmann’s “uncle’ Drosselmeyer in the ‘Nutcracker’ 

Sometimes successful but not always

 It needs a strong hand to make the break

Named for Hoffmann’s ‘uncle’  Drosselmeyer in the “Nutcracker’ 

Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet is performed especially at Christmas

 

 It needs strong hands to make the break

So I researched the internet to find this robust Drosselmeyer

Tchaikovsky famous ballet ‘Nutcracker’ performed at Christmas

A ballet full of a children’s fantasy a Christmas story

I researched the internet till I found this robust Drosselmeyer

A  toy nutcracker turned into a Prince dances with Clara

A ballet full of a children’s fantasy a Christmas story

And an  answer to shatter hard nuts and release kernels 

A  toy nutcracker turned into a Prince dances with Clara

A childish fantasy made realistic and reliable

An answer to shatter hard nuts and release kernels 

My dream has come true 

A childish fantasy made realistic and reliable

The gentle dripping from the tap beats softly time

To my humming of the ‘Sugar Plum Fairy  

A knock at the door distracts me from my dream