Thanks Keith and Leon for your comments on this piece, and for your encouragement throughout the year.
I know it's cliché to say it, but it really does mean so much.
I hope you too had a great Christmas, and I wish you and everyone on this site a happy new year.

Comment is about No Note Nor Nowt (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

John,
this poem cracks the veneer of civilisation as we perceive it to be.
I am drenched by it
Thank you
Keith

Comment is about Inner City Blue (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

It took me a while to figure out "tree-sured"
but now I have it. ha
Merry Christmas M.C.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Now Christmas morning and I am reading your response.
Thank you Keith and...
A very Merry Christmas to you as well.

(Have you ever been to Sherwood Forest?

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

What a lovely way to show how special your mum is to you Nazia, and to show that our loved ones stay with us.

Keep writing.
Best wishes,
Rasa

Comment is about Long is the way (blog)

Original item by Nazia Khan

Beautiful Greg, thank you. Such rich imagery! And such an impressive bio-you contribute so much to the writing community, including this blog. Thank you 😃
Keep writing and smiling.
Best wishes,
Rasa

Comment is about Flora and fauna (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

A very happy Yuletide to you Keith!

“It being Christmas eve, there was, as I had foreseen, a great deal of revelry and what not.”

P.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit

Comment is about The family face (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

John,
So very true. I can readily acknowledge that I have without any protest inherited certain traits of my parents in varying degrees. Impatience, anxiety, intellect and many other personal attributes are passed down the line to some extent. Even the experience of my parents in war which I escaped, has a seed in my being.
Thank you for this
Merry Christmas John
Keith

Comment is about The family face (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

I think you have been copying my playbook, Julie, 😁
Merry (and bright) Christmas to you!
John

Comment is about Christmas Eve Hangover (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I still believe too. Merry Christmas Stephen.
😊 John

Comment is about I still believe! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Seasons Greetings M.C. 🥂👍

Comment is about CHRISTMAS EVE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Leon - The Christmas spirit is alive and well. Season's Greetings. 🥂👍

Comment is about Christmas Delight (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

A beautiful, heartwarming Christmas poem.

Comment is about Feeling down at Christmas? Let Liz Berry's seasonal poem lift the heart (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

I'm in total agreement with all that Keith has written.

All the very best Kevin to you and yours.

Comment is about No Note Nor Nowt (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Great poem Tom and somewhat spooky! the ' all aglow ' bit that I also used in my poem today!

All the best to you and yours.

Comment is about Christmas Delight (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

A truly heartfelt poem
Thanks
Keith

Comment is about Happy Christmas Day Mum (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Another good poem
Merry Christmas
Keith

Comment is about The Christmas Sampler (blog)

Original item by d.knape

MC.,
Thank you for this. Merry Christmas and thank you for all your poems of the past year.
Keith

Comment is about CHRISTMAS EVE (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Kevin,
I knew you would not let us down this Christmas. Another gem. Merry Christmas to you and all your family especially those with nowt.
Thank you for this and all your other brilliant poems
Keith

Comment is about No Note Nor Nowt (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Keep the belief alive and we can be better than we are.👍

Comment is about I still believe! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Delightful. A seasonal contribution to be...er...tree-asured?😉

Comment is about Cedar Tree Christmas (blog)

Original item by d.knape

John,
May I wish you a very Happy and Blessed Christmas. My prayers are for justice and peace, especially for our Christian and Zeidi brothers and sisters in the Middle East. May you continue to delight and intrigue us on this site with your poetry in the year to come.
With blessings
Keith

Comment is about John E Marks (poet profile)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks Holden very encouraging 😊

Comment is about bAL-a-NCe (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

Thanks Keith.
But, I think your reply was words to the wise as well.

If only we could return to simpler truer times.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

This is a beautiful poem, Ed. I loved the "wings that balance the slaughter" and the last stanza! 🌷

Comment is about bAL-a-NCe (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

Thank you Keith and a very happy Christmas to you and yours. Thanks for all your support of my scribblings. John

Comment is about Torn (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Elegant and stylish, Keith. Thanks.
John

Comment is about A Glimmer of Hope (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

A beautiful poem, Keith. Roll on the snow drops.

Comment is about A Glimmer of Hope (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

And my thanks to Pete for the like.

Comment is about Public Gaze (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Many thanks for your like, John.

Comment is about Matchstick Dream (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Many thanks to the two Johns for their comments.

And thank you Julie, Stephen, Rudyard, Holden, Kevin for liking the poem.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Comment is about The Shortest Day (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

This poem opens up the doors of future with a hope to see the beauty of winter and snowfall.
Thank you Keith. Its beautiful indeed.

Comment is about A Glimmer of Hope (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

dk.,
A poem in which you have not only excelled your own poetic skills but hold before the reader a Christmas memory of immense value, rich in significance. When love was there with no presents. How things have changed. Sadly today our heritage has been diminished by a culture of materialism and other alien cultures which find no home with us.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Cedar Tree Christmas (blog)

Original item by d.knape

John,
An appropriate tragic poem of a broken world which not even Christmas can redeem.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Torn (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

You make a good point, Kevin! 😊

And thank you, John, for the kind words, your encouragement is greatly appreciated! 😊

Comment is about Needs Must (blog)

Original item by Holden Moncrieff

A glimmer of hope indeed.
On dreams of spring I feed
Winter just sucks it is agreed
Thank God for giving us weed

More great poetry Keith, Keep it coming... J.D.

Comment is about A Glimmer of Hope (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thanks for the likes and kind messages. Welcome to WOL John. Merry Christmas to you and yours Stephen.

Comment is about Winter Woodscape (is that even a word) (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Many a true word is spoken in jest!
Where is Screaming Lord Sutch when you need hin?
Merry Christmas, Greg.
John Botterill

Comment is about Monstrous! (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Inspirational n motivating💕

Comment is about Just Breathe (blog)

Original item by Cassandra Louise

Thank you Stephen.

Old Oak the poem
is about the tree
but incidentally
also about me.
😃

Comment is about Stephen W Atkinson (poet profile)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Stephen,
Mixing them both is a poetry delight
happy thoughts of a distant past
bringing back that party mood
boozy frolics of flirting moments.
Nigel

Comment is about The Mistletoe Invitation (blog)

Original item by Nigel Astell

Funny but profound. Loved it! 😀

Comment is about He's the one (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Truly fabulous John. I am seeing my 92 year old mother tomorrow and I will think of this poem! Thanks.
John

Comment is about Visiting time (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Love this DK!

Comment is about Old Oak (blog)

Original item by d.knape

My type of woods! 😁. & All the best to you & your family. Hope you have a goodun 🎅🍾

Comment is about Winter Woodscape (is that even a word) (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Beautiful imagery. And, yes, woodscape is a word. ( If you want it t😀o be!)

Comment is about Winter Woodscape (is that even a word) (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

I like your positive poem, Julie 😀

Comment is about Winter Solstice (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Merry Christmas and all the very best to you and yours. Hope you have a wonderful time.

Comment is about I still believe! (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Tom, thank you also. The response to this poem has taken me aback as I wrote it on the spur of the moment. Your words are as always gratifying and encouraging.
Thanks
Keith

Comment is about Poets (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Deep-rooted metaphor at work here, dk😀 maybe some personification?
Loved it!

Comment is about Old Oak (blog)

Original item by d.knape