Good Read - HL 300 (1)

From: jeffdegner1@gmail.com
To: DWSkjerven@aol.com
Sent: 12/13/2018 6:55:43 PM Central Standard Time
Subject: Jeff's Annual Christmas Poem

Hi Dave,

Here’s this years edition of my annual Christmas poem.  Please pass it along to all of your cronies, colleagues, fans, acolytes and devotees.   Merry, merry!

Jeff

      

Christmas 2018

For dozens of years, I have written these poems.

And in airplanes or cars, but mostly your homes,

They've been spoken out loud or quietly read

With meanings made clear by the words that I've said.

Now, the main theme of this poetic endeavor.

Is: "What was your most favorite Christmas, ever"?

As you try to recall the best Christmas you had:

What made it unique and your heart feel so glad?

Were you young?  Were you old?  Somewhere between?

Whenever it was, what's your best Christmas scene?

So, dwell on this theme or share it with pleasure:

With friends or with colleagues, or someone you treasure.

Were you a toddler, amazed at the tree,

All cuddled up on your proud daddy's knee?

Or was it on an afternoon, hearing chapel bells,

Eating sugar cookies, midst those pine-tree smells?

Perhaps you were a teen, who shared a Christmas kiss,

Or a winter newlywed, full of dreams and bliss?

I wonder if when, you'd completed all your shopping,

Being so tired that you just felt like dropping,

But knowing that your presents: clothing, books and toys,

Would bring squeals of joy to lucky girls and boys.

Was it then, you realized, while singing Auld Lang Syne,

That getting gifts was fine, but giving them sublime?

Was it when you clearly heard the reindeer on your roof?

Or from a plain, brown box you heard a tiny "woof?"

Maybe your most special Christmas was the very last,

That you would share with someone who, shortly after, passed.

Or maybe it was walking home, alone, one festive day...

With snowflakes gently falling in a glittery display.

To all my friends and family, I dedicate this ode

Be you warm in bed, or somewhere on the road,

Or even on a Delta flight, high up in the sky.

I hope it leaves you with a smile...and a little sigh.

And here's my fervent wish, since now this poem is read:

May your best Christmas ever be one that lies ahead.

   Jeff  (Deltajeff8@gmail.com)

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