A revision of the same title I posted last year, and sadly, still relevant

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Strange Advent


Haven’t you heard?
Christmas is now cancelled.
So, there’ll be no celebrating,
and no meeting and greeting,
In the festive season.

So, go tell the wise men,
that they’re no longer wanted
for the child they were seeking,
with his family are now fleeing
and have now lost their way.

Fleeing from danger,
the refugee family arrives,
to where land and sea divides;
across which they pray,
their safety may finally lay.

Their last money is now spent
on a leaking rubber dinghy
that’s meant to carry them over,
to where they can recover,
in a new promised land.

In despair ignoring portents,
they give their consent,
to board the flimsy craft:
Yusef – Maryam – and child,
refugees clinging to hope.

Such a strange Advent;
with star-shells illuminating
upon the recessive sea;
while Boarder Forces are seeking
what fishermen now dread,
what may lie within their nets.

So, haven’t you heard?
Christmas is now cancelled.
with no celebrations and
no meeting and greeting,
for the Christ-child can’t to be found:
He is now drowned.


© D G Moody 2024



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Written on 2024-12-01 at 17:00

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Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
A very good 'tweak', Dougie. And as you say it is sadly still relevant. Putting even the theme away for a moment, I have to say how well structured this is. I did stumble in the last stanza, but that's just me. All in all I lift my '10' paddle. :)
Blessings, Allen
2024-12-01