So, this is Christmas 2020

25/12/2020 – Poem a Day Compilation



        So, this is Christmas …



If you think I’m going to launch myself

Into a stirring rendition

Of that much loved favourite,

You’re sadly mistaken.



        And what have you done?



This year not much, really,

What with the raging bushfires,

Global Coronavirus pandemic

And the Black Lives Matter protests.



        Another year over



And can’t it come fast enough?

Businesses have struggled –

People have struggled –

Politicians have carried on as usual.



        A new one just begun



We can only hope, I guess,

That the new year will be better

And that we learn the lessons

This year has tried to teach us.



        And so this is Christmas



There’s too much food laid out

For the small gatherings we can have

But we’re making the best of it

As only we can.



        I hope you have fun



Whether with others or on your own

May it be filled with the joy

That Christmas time is renown for

Even if it is at a distance.



        The near and the dear one



Because this year, so many are separated –

From friends, from family,

From the people and places

That make Christmas Christmas.



        The old and the young



Grandparents are sending Christmas greetings

Over facetime and zoom

To grandkids three suburbs away

So they can all live to see another Christmas.


        A very Merry Christmas



To those doing their best,

Wearing masks and social distancing

Or doing a fourteen day stint

In isolation or quarantine



        And a Happy New Year



To those who have been run ragged

Over the last year

Working in hospitals

And manning the labs.



        Let’s hope it’s a good one



Our collective presents to ourselves

Are the vaccines rolling out

That will help us regain

At least some of what we’ve lost.



        Without any fear



For each and every one us

Regardless of our race or religion,

Wherever we might come from in the world

We are all in this together.

Christmas Eve

24/12/2020 – Poem a Day Compilation



I’ve never heard them so quiet

Or seen them so well behaved

You’d think they were being rewarded

And a day of grace has them saved



It’s lucky they’re pretty good kids

Not perfect, but good just the same

They get up to such mischief

But never try to pass the blame



They’ve set out milk and cookies for Santa

Carrots and water for the reindeer

A bottle of schnapps for Mrs Claus

And for the elves, some beer



They’re tucked up in bed early

Dreaming of magical hooves on the roof

And listening for sleigh bells in the sky

Hoping to find conclusive proof



For now, they’re sound asleep but

In the morning there’ll be giggles galore

Squeals of delight and the clatter of new toys

Wrapping paper strewn across the floor



And with the house finally at rest

It’s time for me to hang up my cloak

Take a small sip of schnapps

And wish a Merry Christmas to you fine folk