Ponderable and poem for Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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Alan Harris
Dec 16, 2009, 12:36:11 AM12/16/09
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Happy are the wantless, whatever they have or lack.
Yuletide's Deepest Bell
A scratch-scratch-scratch
of Christmas card writing is
wiggling world kitchen tables.
Tight holiday harmonies
from the stereos fill up
festooned family rooms.
Annual gladness is
picking up speed
as the ringers ring,
the shoppers shop,
the bustlers bustle,
and the hawkers hawk.
Bells remind the weary
of pulsings in their hearts,
transforming drone to tone.
Such yearly yuletide waves
are too magical to be real,
too real to be magical,
too just-right to be
too anything at all.
Yes, talkers overtalk,
laughers overlaugh,
givers overgive,
and eaters overeat, but
a subtle force is working
to knit separated threads
into scarves of good will.
Folks feel an ancient peace
and join at the heart in joy
when the Deepest Bell rings
"One.... One.... One...."
of Christmas card writing is
wiggling world kitchen tables.
Tight holiday harmonies
from the stereos fill up
festooned family rooms.
Annual gladness is
picking up speed
as the ringers ring,
the shoppers shop,
the bustlers bustle,
and the hawkers hawk.
Bells remind the weary
of pulsings in their hearts,
transforming drone to tone.
Such yearly yuletide waves
are too magical to be real,
too real to be magical,
too just-right to be
too anything at all.
Yes, talkers overtalk,
laughers overlaugh,
givers overgive,
and eaters overeat, but
a subtle force is working
to knit separated threads
into scarves of good will.
Folks feel an ancient peace
and join at the heart in joy
when the Deepest Bell rings
"One.... One.... One...."
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Alan Harris
You're invited to view two YouTube videos by Ine Braat based on my poems: "Mother's Secret," "Two Windows," and "Seeking until Found."
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