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post Dec 24 13, 13:11
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- Juanita, it’s Christmas Eve:
here’s plum cake and a bottle of cider.
Celebrate by your father’s side,
village folks will make merry,
drinking wine and grape-sherry.
There’ll be no talk of sorrow,
no work tomorrow,
you’ll be absent with my leave.
It’s a fine festivity, Juanita!

- Señora, thank you for these gifts
but I’ll not take them home.
Our life´s adrift, my Dad roams the land,
labouring this eve on an icy isthmus.
Paucity offers scant shelter,
but Dad taught me something better:
he says little Jesus was poor like me,
was born in a manger and rode a donkey.
He summoned little children to Him,
so we’ll sing a communal hymn
when Dad returns from the distant sea.

Dad taught me splendid things,
memories that help me go on living;
that all folks are our brothers,
neither riches nor penury make us different from others.
We’ll not be unmoved by pain,
wars will not harden our hearts:
wars are monsters stomping insanely
on innocence, on youngsters, on the old and feeble.
So tonight I’ll pray for the future,
for a change of heart written in the Scriptures.

Our ailing mother will abide
by my siblings and I,
we’ll hold hands in the summer solstice,
fancying peace and justice
under angel’s wings.
Oh little Star of Bethlehem,
a twinkling miracle
in our Southern night sky!


Sylvia Evelyn, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013.


Note: I was inspired to write this poem by a song in Spanish called "La Navidad de Luis" by León Gieco, a famous Argentine singer/composer. ("Luis's Christmas").


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post Dec 24 13, 14:41
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Thank you for your Holiday entry, Sylvia! holly.gif

Best of luck! dove.gif

May the 'classic' holiday spirit be shared in your heart throughout the season! blueorn.gif

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post Dec 25 13, 12:10
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Thank you so much for your good wishes, Lori!!

Love to all MM friends and members!

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The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.


"There is no life higher than the grasstops
Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind
Pours by like destiny, bending
Everything in one direction."

Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights.



Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

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post Dec 25 13, 12:16
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Merry Christmas Sylvia. xmaswindow.gif


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Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind.

"I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter

Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

"Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.

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