tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post7822964746542504776..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Poetry Prompt #36 – A Letter to SantaADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-69644380094792151822010-12-24T13:34:15.085-05:002010-12-24T13:34:15.085-05:00To Anonymous,
How about writing a poem after you ...To Anonymous,<br /><br />How about writing a poem after you finish the shopping and wrapping?<br /><br />Have a wonderful Christmas!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-4802890587518229752010-12-24T13:33:17.880-05:002010-12-24T13:33:17.880-05:00Thank you and merry Christmas to you, Maire!Thank you and merry Christmas to you, Maire!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-67241093174938754992010-12-21T14:13:55.525-05:002010-12-21T14:13:55.525-05:00I can finish my Christmas shopping, wrap the gift...I can finish my Christmas shopping, wrap the gifts I've already bought, or write a poem ... Christmas Eve is three days away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-16430096159803710672010-12-21T07:38:01.991-05:002010-12-21T07:38:01.991-05:00Merry Christmas, Adele!
Thanks for another great...Merry Christmas, Adele! <br /><br />Thanks for another great prompt!<br /><br />Perhaps readers will enjoy this brilliant poem by John Milton: <br />http://www.carols.org.uk/morning-christs-nativity_poem_john_milton.htm<br /><br />Máire Ó Cathail (Ireland)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-54550903949101380142010-12-20T21:51:26.900-05:002010-12-20T21:51:26.900-05:00My friend Adam Fitzgerald sent me the following Ch...My friend Adam Fitzgerald sent me the following Christmas poem by T.S. Eliot. I've been an Eliot devotee for many years, but I'd never seen this poem before. (It's not a Santa letter, but an amazing poem that I'm happy to share).<br /><br />The Cultivation of Christmas Trees<br />By T. S. Eliot<br /><br />There are several attitudes towards Christmas, <br />Some of which we may disregard: <br />The social, the torpid, the patently commercial, <br />The rowdy (the pubs being open till midnight), <br />And the childish - which is not that of the child <br />For whom the candle is a star, and the gilded angel <br />Spreading its wings at the summit of the tree <br />Is not only a decoration, but an angel.<br />The child wonders at the Christmas Tree: <br />Let him continue in the spirit of wonder <br />At the Feast as an event not accepted as a pretext; <br />So that the glittering rapture, the amazement <br />Of the first-remembered Christmas Tree, <br />So that the surprises, delight in new possessions <br />(Each one with its peculiar and exciting smell), <br />The expectation of the goose or turkey <br />And the expected awe on its appearance,<br />So that the reverence and the gaiety <br />May not be forgotten in later experience, <br />In the bored habituation, the fatigue, the tedium, <br />The awareness of death, the consciousness of failure, <br />Or in the piety of the convert <br />Which may be tainted with a self-conceit <br />Displeasing to God and disrespectful to children <br />(And here I remember also with gratitude <br />St.Lucy, her carol, and her crown of fire):<br />So that before the end, the eightieth Christmas <br />(By "eightieth" meaning whichever is last) <br />The accumulated memories of annual emotion <br />May be concentrated into a great joy <br />Which shall be also a great fear, as on the occasion <br />When fear came upon every soul: <br />Because the beginning shall remind us of the end <br />And the first coming of the second coming.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-61687954267694591502010-12-20T21:44:28.015-05:002010-12-20T21:44:28.015-05:00Thanks, Bob and Jamie!Thanks, Bob and Jamie!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-56971255999374557912010-12-20T11:19:41.361-05:002010-12-20T11:19:41.361-05:00Thanks for another great prompt. I don't know ...Thanks for another great prompt. I don't know how much writing I'll be able to do this Christmas week, but your prompts are always fun to read and think about.<br /><br />Here's the link to a site that has a great article on Christmas poetry and some Christmas poems:<br /><br />http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19312<br /><br /><br />Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!<br /><br />JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-6726075804253623472010-12-19T15:26:32.628-05:002010-12-19T15:26:32.628-05:00This really takes me back to my childhood -- wonde...This really takes me back to my childhood -- wonderful memories, wonderful prompt idea.Bob's Mustangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029970139144589691noreply@blogger.com