For 'A Song for a winter's night' by Gordon Lightfoot (I think Peter)

The lamp is burning low upon my table top
snow is softly falling
the air is still, and in the silence of my room
I hear your voice softly calling.

You can actually feel that cold silence of snow falling at night. Magic!

Actually one of the greatest compliments I received for my songwriting was when someone said to me "When I hear your songs I can see the places". So now I try to draw a picture for every verse. Helps a lot with finding rhymes as well 'cos you can add 'props' to your picture which gives you more ideas.

I study comic strips to get ideas for adding props to pictures and still keep the picture simple. F'rexample, When 'Frank and Ernest' are in a cafe there is always a coffee urn on the counter which sets the scene but has nothing to do with the joke.

Great thread! very important concept.

Bert.