Hello everyone,
I’ll ask you all to pardon me for the absence of elegance in this post, but I’m afraid I couldn’t resist this idea once it had slipped into my head.
I wish you all the very best of the season and thank you for making this last year such a special one for me.
Twas the night before Christmas, I was thinking about my blog
Not a sentence was forming, my head was a fog.
The sentences were slow, they simply had no flare,
I searched the internet hoping inspiration would be there.
I thought of my fellow authors who had put their blogs to bed,
While visions of blanks pages with no titles danced in my head.
I started to nod off but I gave myself a slap
I needed to get a post up, this was no time for a nap.
When out of nowhere the fog began to scatter,
I sprang to my laptop and the keys began to clatter.
Ideas flowed onto the screen with a skip and a splash,
Words flowed from me without pause, in bit of a flash.
The mood, days prior had been somber and slow
Gave way to thoughts and ideas that made me glow
I would have my new post, I need not fear
I could give a nod to the season and celebrate with good cheer
Despite my slow server, so old and sick
I knew despite it, this post would be quick.
More rapid than twitter the couplets they came,
And I whistled while I worked, I’d never be the same!
Now dashes, now spaces, now pronouns and adjectives
Inflection, interjection, inversions and split infinitives
From the top of the page till the last word did fall
I wrote away! wrote away! til I’d written it all!
Dear readers forgive me for abandoning my work
But talking about comms before Christmas would make me a jerk
So pardon my lack of effective prose
It was to the mood of the season that I rose
Now comes the end of this little epistle
I wish you the best, may your new year’s sizzle
It’s been a pleasure to know you, though you’ve been out of sight
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!”
This is great!
Thanks Derek!
Love it, we should ALL reblog this next year!
Reblogged this on POETRY PERFECTED and commented:
Debra is a fellow blogging buddy of mine, and I just HAD to re-blog this for you guys and gals! Even though I’m a bit slow on the uptake with this one, it’s sure to be a hit if we could travel back in time one month ago when we were decking the halls! 🙂
LOVED it!! Great job!
Thanks Krystal, sometimes you just need to have fun.
That was fun, Debra! Christmas for enjoying, so never feel guilty about now doing the ordinary. And this post was far from ordinary. It was brilliant! Happy New Year to you, my friend.
Thank you so much. A little silly can sometimes go a long way. Happy New Year!
Very well done!! The read put a smile on my face! Happy New Year to you Debra!!
Thank you for sharing!!
Happy New Year to you too! So glad you enjoyed it. It was all done in good fun.
I like it! I hope you had a merry Christmas and here’s to a happy new year 🙂
Many happy returns Jeri and thank you!
Agree with Leora and Jaqueline that the best description is clever!!
Wish you a fantastic New Year, Debra!!!
Thank you and many happy returns. It was definitely a good laugh to do it.
Perfect. I totally understand how this was not going anywhere once it entered your head. It’s great—-I’ll be sharing it with other bloggers—it needs to be shared! I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and that your 2014 will be all that you’re hoping for.
Thanks Suzanne. I laughed at myself for about 10 minutes once it was written. It’s amazing what a little wine and desperation can create. 🙂
While Christmas is not a holiday I engage in, I must say this was very clever and it showed off your talented mind, Debra!
Thank you Jeannette. It was good fun.
Very Merry Christmas to us all 🙂 🙂
Your prose was a fun read and in keeping with the holiday spirit 🙂
I wish us all a productive and happy 2014 🙂
All the very best Eleanor and thank you for your support over the last year!
{giggle} Very nicely put, Debra. Merry Christmas to you too. 🙂
Thanks Glynis, it made me giggle too.
Deb, that was brilliant. I didn’t know you were such a poet. No disrespect to your abundant comms skills but this was your best post, even better than the Night before Cliffmas that I read in the USA Today last year. Merry Christmas. All the best to you for 2014.
Hahahahahahaha…thanks Ted. It was good fun, I haven’t laughed at myself so much in a long time. Thankfully, I have no delusions on becoming a poet. 🙂
That was the most amazing take on the poem ever. I loved it Debra. I may have to save it for next year (credit to you) and put it to music with my pictures. Won’t that be fun? 🙂 Have an amazing holiday my friend. 🙂
Hahhahahahahhaa, I can’t think of a better compliment than you adding images to the poem. 🙂 I would LOVE to see that! All the best Susan, I hope you have a wonderful New Year!
Love it! A very Merry Christmas to you
Thank you Simone! Thank you so much for your support over the year too, you rock!
Amazing Debra! Wonderfully written. You have yourself a fantastic Christmas, and I’ll never be able to thank you enough for all your help in the past year – I’ll always remember that. 🙂
Thank you Lawrence. I hope you have a wonderful New Year and that 2014 brings you all the best.
You’re a star!
Thank you! Thanks for all your support over the last year too!
Merry Christmas and all that.
Many happy returns Jon!
Great blog, Debra. Best holiday
wishes to you and yours.
Thank you Cindy. Many happy returns and best wishes for an excellent 2014.
Extremely clever! Great job. Best of the holiday season to you Debra and may 2014 brig you health happiness and prosperity!
Thank you Jacqueline, I wish you all the best. I can’t wait to see what you bring in 2014.
Hahahaha! Good job! Have a wonderful Christmas and New Years! xo
Thanks Janet, may happy returns. Let’s hope for an exciting (in a good way) 🙂 2014!
Clever! Enjoy the holiday.
Thanks! I enjoyed writing it. Have a very happy New Year.