Humbug

Dec. 24th, 2013 09:05 pm
calissa: Photo of Swarovski crystal & gold figurine of inkpot and quill sitting on a page that says 'create every day' (Writing)
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Over the last couple of weeks I've seen a number of friends posting about the ways they have not been feeling the Christmas spirit or don't celebrate that particular festival. Some of them have even apologised for this. The other night I was woken up with the beginnings of this new etheree poem. I finished revising it today.

Breathe.
You don't
have to say
you are sorry
for not pretending
to feel any kind of
Christmas spirit. All I want
as my gift is for you to be
not tangled up in tinsel and gilt
but honest and unwrapped--just as you are.

Date: 2013-12-24 10:59 am (UTC)
jjhunter: Drawing of human JJ in ink tinted with blue watercolor; woman wearing glasses with arched eyebrows (JJ inked)
From: [personal profile] jjhunter
oh — I really like this; thank you for sharing it! Am amused that my brain keeps homophoning 'gilt' into 'guilt' when I reread it; that vibration into both enriches the unfolding of the final line, which is raw and yes.

Well done.

Date: 2013-12-30 07:15 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] fyreharper
Heh - I did that too, and didn't even notice until I re-read the poem after I saw your comment ;p

Date: 2013-12-24 12:24 pm (UTC)
raze: A man and a rooster. (Default)
From: [personal profile] raze
Aw. First: thank you. Second: this was really well done, any personal meaning aside :)

Date: 2013-12-24 04:02 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alee_grrl
<3 This is gorgeous.

Date: 2013-12-24 09:29 pm (UTC)
onewhitecrow: bird-masked or bird-headed thing with book (birdthing)
From: [personal profile] onewhitecrow
Thank you.

Date: 2013-12-30 07:14 am (UTC)
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<3

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