Not All That Glitters is a Gift

Welcome! Welcome!To the 26th AnnualFruitcake Toss!A waste of timeA waste of foodBut no considerable loss Fruitcake Toss Day If a thousand peopleFall asleep in the woodsDid a festival ever happen? Festival of Sleep Day I can't say that I'm surprisedThe first chance of the yearAfter the promiscuous partiesDrunken antics,fear of holiday loneliness goneAfter the ultimatums,the …

Good Luck, Pessimist

Sometimes a year has been so disastrous and so terrible that entering a new year will automatically mean entering a wonderful year!Mehmet Murat ildan Be optimistic, it can't be any worse!(I said the same thing at the end of 2020) A beginning and an endOn a knife's edgeSeveredThe thread fraysEach a chance begging Lune: happy …

You say you want a Resolution

For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice.T.S. Eliot Last year's voiceHoarseSpeaks in gibberishIt may be crazyIt may have seen too muchOr nothing at all Considering a new voice:I've decided Doctor Whois the way to go.I'm thinkingan older Glaswegian manOr maybea Yorkshire women's accent January 1st was …

Timely Traditions

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.Neil Gaiman The only thing I'm scared of is dying.Don't know if I can 'do it' (Also, Neil, have Nike contacted you for copyright infringement?) Mistakes last foreverSo do crocsI don't recommendHolding on to either Hay(na)ku: you've got to be …

The Value of the Season

The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas it is young.Phillips Brooks Senryü: the anti-aging holiday such is the magicthat waking Christmas morningI'm a child again Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.Edna Ferber Christmas is the time, is the place, is the motion.Grease Christmas is the way we are feeling.Barry Gibb …