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Hello, hello, hello!
I am wishing you and yours a day full of love and laughter, peace and contentment. The woes of the world will certainly rush back in full tomorrow. But, today? It's Christmas.
I am celebrating the birth of a savior born to us humbly but with miraculously expansive love for us all. And, I'm fortunate to be with all my children, goofy-lovey pets and, my sweet spouse. I do not need any more today.
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| Photo from google images. James Baldwin's words are from “Notes on the House of Bondage” in The Nation, 1980 |
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be in capable of morality.” ~James Baldwin.
Thank you, Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect ,for hosting this holiday weekend.
In the year of our Lord 2025, I am finally fed up with Blogspot/Blogger.Starting in 2026, I'll be joining Poetry Friday from Substack. Stay tuned for details!
Oh, I love your opening and repeated line.
ReplyDeleteI'm so curious about Substack. I'm frustrated with how slow my website is. I think it's the host company. But how to migrate to a new host? My brain doesn't have time to comprehend it all. :)
I hope you enjoy your time to relax.
Beautiful. Merry Christmas 🎄 from Montreal, Canada ❤️ 😊 🇨🇦
ReplyDeleteI really like these lines in your poem, "Just as we count every star,/
ReplyDeletethe children are always ours;" Also thought your repetition and circular movement work very well! Glad you are enjoying your family all together! I think I signed up for Substack a while back but never took it any further, you'll have to fill me in. I've been with Wordpress for quite some time and am happy with it. Thanks for all!
Thank you for this most beautiful thought and reminder to end 2025: "The children are always ours/every single one of them." Love the winding round the world imagery and repeating lines. Merry Christmas from NY!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful line to lift and riff off of. The repetition in your poem works flawlessly, so that it sounds like a mantra or a prayer. One that is so true! This is what most angers, saddens and confounds me about our government--how our nation has abdicated its responsibility to protect our children. Wishing you all love and light in the coming New Year!
ReplyDeleteOh I love "the children are always ours"!! Thank you for sharing this wisdom and creating a poem for it. The repetition reminds. And I'll look forward to hearing how Substack works with PF... I've contemplated the same! Happy New Year, Linda!
ReplyDeleteGotta love a sweet poem that contains a kernel of activism. Tell me more about you and Substack! I might cross-post. It will be fun to see if we can find a wider audience there!
ReplyDeleteAll of them, always, ours. So good, Linda! Happy new year! xo
ReplyDeleteOh, what an inclusive and beautiful quote/poem. Thank you, Linda! Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteThe children... YES!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem, Linda. Yes, inclusive and sharing how the children of the world are part of all our families. I like that you found inspiration form some one else's quote. I need to pay more attention to finding poems in others words:) Happy New Year!
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