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The Day After The Day of Days
In the memory of all the flames that ignited coastlines,
The strings of dazzling Christmas lights,
The long-forgotten chronic normalcy,
The countless ceremonial wreaths—
I realize that from one beginning to the next,
We often overlook the vast expanse of nothingness.
Our stories swing from one pole to its antipode.
The aftermath, a distant folklore.
But every grocery store receipt,
E...
Monday 28th December 2020 2:22 pm
Secretly Wanted
Just think of how the advert might have gone
Retired but not yet tired?
Got a few evenings spare?
Must enjoy outdoor activities
Uniform supplied.
Conscientious sleigh driver not afraid of heights
Must be kind to children
Good with animals,
Sense of humour required.
Perks of Job: Secluded accomodation,
World wide travel at the drop of a hat,
Guaranteed to keep you young at heart
And...
Friday 25th December 2020 5:00 pm
Christmas Wishes 2020
My wish this Christmas
is faith replaces fear.
Loneliness gives way
to cheer.
Gratitude
trumps despair.
Children play
in open air.
Loss is not in vain.
Love spreads faster
than a pandemic train.
Wishes multiple.
Glimpses of paradise
in every day life,
remind us why
we are alive.
# # #
What’s your ...
Friday 25th December 2020 2:02 pm
Christmas Card Poem 2020
You say the snow is a magical thing
Coming down from the heavens like magic
Before joining up together on the ground
And Father Christmas throws it all down
Just to complete the experience
Drifting your happiness across town
Whether by car or bus
In-between two places on Christmas Day
When another downpour
Leaves the pair of us laughing
Telling each other ironically
It could only ha...
Thursday 24th December 2020 10:44 am
A Better Christmas
so, a time for warm memories?
fond loved ones from the past?
Christmas 2019 one to forget
I thought it might prove my last
parrot strangled in trimmings
wife, shopping after a row, got
took short, skidded off the path
tree trimmed by a snow plough
house got burgled Christmas Eve
at which your festive spirit palls
he nicked the replacement spruce
complete ...
Thursday 24th December 2020 10:20 am
Seasons Greetings 2020
It isn't snowing but the world is put on ice
Shivering and sliding and slipping by in life
Better get our skates on,
Better wrap up nice and warm,
Got to learn ourselves a new way to survive.
Thinking of the problems that are past and yet to come
Got that crushing tingling feeling, feeling numb
Better switch our brains on
Better struggle through this storm
Got to keep on going strong an...
Thursday 24th December 2020 1:41 am
the tattered old man on Christmas Eve
the tattered old man on Christmas Eve
snow was falling hard
as the old man struggled
through the deep drifts
on the country road
light shone from a
a farmhouse window
the old man smiled seeing the glow
it was a candle
the widowed mother had placed there
nightly since last Christmas Eve
a year ago
a man was found
frozen along this same road
...Wednesday 23rd December 2020 2:47 pm
The Falling of Snow
It takes me back to a boy;
the falling of snow
To a fluffy, white street
under a streetlight's dull glow:
Where an old man trudges through
Each foot now a plough
Eyes squinting to see
The here and the now
I watch from a window
My youthful eyes wide
Thinking: move to the road
Then you can slide!
But he carries on trudging
As I shake my youn...
Monday 21st December 2020 4:19 pm
She Felled My Tree
before doing a runner
she cut down my tree
pine needles all over
festive debris to see
fairy dead on the rug
each bauble smashed
lights cables tangled
my Christmas dashed
should have twigged it,
axe-heads lit her eyes
our rapport splintering
ate my last mince pies
a forest of complaints
calling me dead wood
unhappy with my log
called my p...
Saturday 19th December 2020 10:51 am
Selling Christmas Trees and Roman Candles, 1950
Selling Christmas Trees and Roman Candles, 1950
My older married brother, Willy, asked Kenny and me if we would like to help him sell Christmas trees. We said, “Sure we would love to help.”
Willy had gone into the woods and cut a number of cedar trees. We were going to sell them out of the back of his old Plymouth station wagon and an old trailer. The NAPA auto store...
Thursday 17th December 2020 6:06 pm
Our Covid Christmas
This year has been different and certainly strange,
So for this Covid Christmas we must all make a change.
With our loved ones we may not be able to share,
But remember them still and know that they do care.
Although Covid-19 makes us all be apart,
Try to be strong and remain stout of heart.
Though at this festive time numbers may be reduced,
Know a wonderful Christmas may still be produc...
Wednesday 16th December 2020 6:30 pm
A Ghost Of Christmas Past
Granda's slouched
In his fave comfy chair
A Christmas cracker party hat
Hides his four strands of hair
His wife always said:
'Get the buggers cut!'
But he wasn't quite ready
To be a total baldy nut!
He wishes she was here now
Nagging at full pelt:
'If ye eat or drink one more thing,
yer gonna burst your belt!'
And Sophie's eyes sparkle
L...
Friday 11th December 2020 2:22 pm
Forced
its a far cry from Bucharest
in this dark and earthy shed,
thinks of her tearful mother
the man she's shortly to wed
draughts slice wooden walls,
rats scuttering in the hay-loft,
rubbing her hands for warmth
tells herself not to be so soft
slim candles shadow the gloom,
bloke appears in muddy boots,
shoving his wheelbarrow in a
mini-forest of sprouting ro...
Friday 11th December 2020 10:45 am
The Nasty Little Snowman
The nasty little snowman
Wasn't made of all things nice
They'd patted him together
With, mostly, dirty ice
He had rusty bolts for eyes
And a beer bottle nose
A frozen dog turd mouth
And a piece of garden hose
shoved up his frozen arse.
The kids found this so funny
But, when he opened his dogshit mouth
They all ran home to mummy!
Such expletives he...
Wednesday 9th December 2020 5:17 pm
A Winter Escape
Thank you to talented local musician Stuart Bell for turning it into a lovely Christmas ditty!
(a re-post, but it seems more appropriate now! ⛄)
Like comets we slid through the crisp, white grass
In our wake billowed a powder-puff mass
It floated and swirled and twinkled with light
Like low-hanging stars broke free of the night
And in snow-laden fields angels were...
Sunday 6th December 2020 10:32 am
The Twelve Days of Christmas
12 Days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas
Bojo gave to me
Fear of a virus
Spreading rapidly.
On the second day of Christmas
Bojo gave to me
Two metre distance and
Fear of a virus
Spreading rapidly.
On the Third day of Christmas
Bojo gave to me
Hands, face & space,
Two metre distance and
Fear of a virus
Spreading rapidly.
...
Monday 23rd November 2020 9:38 pm
Coronamas
On hearing we should start getting excited about Christmas now
Santa's bringing tissues
Santa's bringing masks
Santa's bringing I Miss You cards
Bulging from
His sack
This year he's got less reindeers
In his festive bubble
Cos if they spread the virus
We're in for worldwide
Trouble
Angel's there all distanced
Right at the top
Of the tree
So build up...
Wednesday 11th November 2020 4:29 pm
Eggs before hearts
On hearing about Easter eggs going on sale on Christmas Eve
No chance for cupid
To pick up his bow
Not yet melted
Those men of snow
When what was on
Shop shelves
Full show
But a shiny
Easter egg
Left uneaten
Chocolate money
Leaping Lords
Replaced by bunnies
We're still in winter
Though a little sunny
Christmas on
Last legs
Maki...
Friday 3rd January 2020 1:49 pm
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