Comment from robyn corum

Excellent

Geoff,

hahahaha I'd probably feel the same way. I'm not a HUGE fish fan. I can eat some of it -depending on the type of fish and how it's prepared. I can be a pretty picky eater at times. haha

Thanks!

 Comment Written 18-Nov-2020

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reply by the author on 18-Nov-2020

Thanks for picking this up, Robyn reward free, hehe. Mother-in-law's call that day(we call day after Christmas Day "Boxing Day" hangover from "Old Dart" hehe being "one of the colonies."

Comment from Meia (MESAYERS)

Excellent

So I take it you hate the taste of fish? Well that is good since many are becoming extinct. So you are saving some fish from extinction in a small way. I never understand people serving fish for Christmas lunch makes no sense to me at all. Kind regards and best fishes (sorry, wishes) Meia xx

 Comment Written 01-Nov-2017

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reply by the author on 01-Nov-2017

Thanks for the great review. Had to put it up again from a friend's post reminding me of it.

Comment from Teri7

Excellent

This is a very well written free verse poem you have penned. You used very good descriptive wording and very good imagery. I enjoyed it very much! Blessings, Teri

 Comment Written 01-Nov-2017

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reply by the author on 01-Nov-2017

Thanks Sis the contest is long gone. I was stirred to put this up from Sasha in Mexico's recent post.

Comment from B.B. Rose

Excellent

Thanks for this sentiment. My husband and I don't "celebrate" Christmas (I like to spell it Xmas with a cross for the genuine reason for the season). Likely it's because we didn't have children either. We haven't given gifts for years as a way of speaking out against the commercial nature of the holiday. And ask our friends to honor our request as well. And if they choose to give us something, I am not embarrassed to not have a gift for them in return.

Now we have friends and some family members who say, "You are doing a smart thing by not going nuts at Xmas."

 Comment Written 01-Nov-2017

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reply by the author on 01-Nov-2017

AMEn friend. My wife's Mother I think I mentioned in the poem worships Christmas more than even we do as bible bashers ourselves. I think she thinks there is some kind of weird salvation or maybe browny points in worshipping Christmas. If, by any chance, you might be interested, I wrote a bunch of Christmas Carols about the real reason for Christmas in my "Really Truly Christmas Carols" book here on FS. But no worries if it offends you. I got mad at a Carols By Candlelight TV programme years ago where they sang all these songs that had NOTHING to do with what Christmas is supposed to be about. Thanks for being first cab off the rank this time around.

reply by B.B. Rose on 01-Nov-2017

I used to drive a cab myself. Only by then we had radio dispatch... I ended up marrying the dispatcher.

Comment from AnnieDawn

Excellent

I bet this placed in the contest. I always am amazed at your choice of words for your poetry. They are so different from what I write about and I am impressed every time. Keep up the good work even if it is just re-posting. I enjoy them. (Fell off my skateboard again so may be away short periods. Just pain...lol)

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 01-Jul-2017

Sorry for your pain Sis. What are you doing on a Skate board? Are you younger than I thought hehe? Thanks for the great review. We are doing it alone from this year onwards for Christmas. Unless the pastor and his wife do something we might join in with that.

Comment from Thal1959

Excellent

Well, Geoff, this is really quite good, and I wish you luck in the contest, but to be honest, it really isn't a free verse. It is a rhyming poem. Now, it is rendered as a,b,c,b, but the truncated lines show it should be an a,a, rhyming poem of couplets...

"Why should we bother 'bout Christmas Day?
Sometimes we would rather just stay away.

While others find their pleasure in grog,
I'd rather just go out and feed the dog."

I'm not picking on you, I'm just pointing out an observation. Oddly enough, this theme was the impetus to my last novel "Winter Solstice." The main characters are bored with another "Christmas" get-together, which they dislike because it takes them away from their routines.

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 01-Jul-2017

OK Thanks the contest this was entered for has long gone as I also noted in the Author notes. Thanks for coming by, mate.

reply by Thal1959 on 01-Jul-2017

It's always my pleasure, Geoff.

Comment from lalajovanoski

Excellent

Hello my friend, I very much enjoy reading this beautifully written free verse poem. I think of this will do very well in the contest good luck to you I wish you all the best. I like the structure of this it's very nice and smooth. Thank you very much for sharing this. God bless you. With love la

 Comment Written 30-Jun-2017

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reply by the author on 30-Jun-2017

Hi there, Contest is long gone. We won't be doing Christmas with reli's no more.Thanks for the review.

Comment from MelB

Excellent

A nice free verse on Christmas with the family. I hardly have a family to celebrate Christmas with anymore. Of course, when families are toxic, it's better to spend it alone, in my opinion.

 Comment Written 29-Jun-2017

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reply by the author on 29-Jun-2017

Yep, mate. Gonna do it alone this year. Not toxic but along the same lines. Thanks for the great review.

reply by MelB on 29-Jun-2017

You're welcome. We've been going alone for quite a while now.

Comment from bookishfabler

Excellent

Hi, I'm back. I hope. Anyway, You made me yearn for Christmas. A couple of years back, my husband got angry with his family who live about an hour and half from us. That year we decided to go camping for Christmas, just him and I and our puppies.It was great. Did it again last year. I know we are doing it this year because we now live in our RV in a camp ground, oh, excuse me an RV Resort. LOL. I lov ed your poem.
hugs Heidi

 Comment Written 29-Jun-2017

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reply by the author on 29-Jun-2017

Thanks, new friend. Appreciated the lovely review. Yes, for years families always argued at Christmas time. Well I guess this is argument in reverse hehe. Cheers.

Comment from BeasPeas

Excellent

Hi Sankey. As much as we look forward to holidays, they can be disappointing. I think it's because we build them up so much in our mind that the real holiday can't measure up. I don't like to cook anymore, so the easier the better. I'd rather go out or keep it low key. An enjoyable write. Marilyn

 Comment Written 28-Jun-2017

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reply by the author on 28-Jun-2017

Thanks Marilyn. Appreciate your kind thoughts