Footprints in the snow
Lovers' kiss under the mistletoe
On the tree, the lights do shine
Once again, it is Christmas time
In the church, the sound of a choir
While up above, the moon climbs higher
Stockings hanging, gifts all wrapped
The sound of Santa, sleigh all stacked
Carrots for Rudolph, a sherry for Gran
A bottle of something for Uncle Stan
As midnight approaches, the world falls asleep
And in the morning, the snow will be deep
No more shopping; those socks will do
Nobody will guess what I got for you
As Christmas approaches, a new year awaits
Wise men wondering what stars hold their fate.
Did you see some Corgis playing in the snow in the above video? I wonder who they are?
I used the ‘Verse’ block rather than the paragraph block for my poem. I think it gives poetry a much better look on a blog post.
Do you use the ‘Verse’ block if you’re a poet and publish poetry on your blog?
I’m not a lover of poetry. It’s one of the most complex forms of writing that eludes me. Yet, ‘Footprints In The Snow’ was among my earliest posts on Hugh’s Views And News.
It got a few likes and comments, so I thought I’d give it another airing, given that my blog now has a broader audience.
Since ‘Footprints In The Snow’ was published in December 2014, my poetry cogs have remained frozen. Not even summer heatwaves have thawed them.
Poetry, quite simply, remains a mystery to me.
What do you find most challenging to write?
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A very charming and festive poem! 😊
Hugh, I love your poem and the snowy video, too. I’m actually enjoying a poetry phase in my life right now. I’m trying to keep up with Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday because I love her 24-season challenge. The hardest thing for me to write is something like “Write Photo” or Flash Fiction to someone else’s challenge. I think it is so hard for me because my brain often makes no connections. I look for synapses, and none exist.
Years ago, my dad took lots of Teddy Bear pictures and wanted me to write stories about them. I tried and tried, but nothing came out. Sometimes, I can write something after reading someone else’s story that primes my pump. But over 30 years ago, I didn’t have any blogging friends who inspired me to write.
I’m not keen on writing or reading poetry, Marsha. It just does not seem to interest me in the slightest.
Although I write a lot of flash fiction, prompts do not always work for me. I can sometimes draw a blank with a prompt, but I don’t force myself to write anything and just let it pass by.
I can always tell when a post has been forced-written. They often lack the quality of posts that have been written passionately by the same blogger. I’ve also witnessed bloggers changing from writing and publishing one or two posts a week to publishing daily. The quality of those posts often decline.
I can’t write posts each day. I can’t keep up. Two a week is a good number for me, three when I have to. You are so right about the quality of the post going down.
BTW, I’m super mad at you. After reading your post yesterday, my blog woke me up at 2:00 am. I started deleting pictures and posts. Who know how much havoc I made. I had some really sorry photography, and some bad writing there. A lot of it is just irrelevant. But it’s all the fault of the post you wrote. Talk about motivating! I now have 5.4 GB used instead of 5.5/13. Wahoo!
Good to hear, Marsha. SEOs such as Google also rank blogs lower if they have out of date information on them. Freeing up all that space also gives me the same feeling I get whenever I declutter a room/cupboard or drawer.
Exactly. I have plenty of space on my blog because I have decluttered my photos to some extent. My posts don’t have a lot of information on them like yours do. They are more personal and lots of challenges.
I really enjoyed this piece. The most challenging form of writing I find, is fictional work.
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for also answering the question I asked.
Hi Hugh. I liked your poem – pity we didn’t get any snow this year – not far enough north :(
Ive not really tried writing poetry since my school days; I might give it a go sometime but its not the top of my list of priorities.
Hope you had a good Christmas, and all the best for the New Year. :)
Another wet, mild, green Christmas, Brenda. I saw that some parts of Scotland did have a white Christmas, though.
Poetry is an art that still eludes me. Something I can neither write or read. But maybe 2024 will change that. We will see.
Season’s Greetings to you.
It is beautiful how different ingredients of life have contributed to bring out the charm of Christmas in this poem.
Thank you. That’s lovely feedback about my poem. You can probably tell from my poem that it’s my favourite time of the year.
Thank you so much sir 🙏😌
Love this poem
Thank you. May I ask what it is that you love about it? Feedback is always appreciated.
Thanks for the Verse block option. Hopefully that will keep my verses centered when viewed on a phone.
You’re welcome. The Verse block does have a toolbar that has an option for centring text to the left, right or centre.
Hugh, your poem captures the Christmas spirit beautifully and has a lovely rhythm and rhyme to it. Poetry, IMO, is in the eye of the creator because we are expressing ourselves and not necessarily wanting to appeal to the reader. My poetry varies depending on my mood, and also if I am responding to a prompt. I don’t care for the verse block when I write poems and prefer the paragraph block. I admire you for trying something different than your norm. Happy Holidays to you and yours.💟
Thank you, Eugi.
Somebody else mentioned that their poetry depended on their mood. I don’t know what kind of mood I was in when I wrote the poem in this post nine years ago. It’s eluded me since then. But who knows? Perhaps it may come back one day.
Merry Christmas.
Hopefully it will, Hugh. Poetry doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s a reflection of you. Your poem is beautifully written and I hope you write more.
Merry Christmas to you too.
I find fiction writing in general to be very difficult. I have tried my hand at poetry once or twice but it doesn’t come naturally to me. Lately, I have been challenging myself to try different forms of writing.
Thanks for telling me about the verse block. I published one of my poems on my blog and just typed it as a paragraph!
That’s good to hear that you are challenging yourself with your writing, Michelle. Keep at it. It’s good to wander outside of our comfort zones every now and again.
I do like the Verse block. I think it gives poetry a much better look and feel than when using the paragraph block.
I might have to go back and update my couple of posts with poems in them! As always, I learn something from every one of your posts.
Have a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year, Hugh!
Thank you, Michelle.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.