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Mother Made Christmas

by Ven 

Posted: 07 April 2004
Word Count: 250
Summary: I though I'd make my debut here with this little light hearted piece and save serious heavy stuff for later. It was actually written centered but I can't seem to find the facility to post it as such (no HTML) on this board so now it's left aligned.


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Twas the night before Christmas.
Oh no ... that's been done.

Hang on
... ahem (clears throat)
OK, here we go:

Mother made Christmas.

It's Christmas, early morning
and Mam is peeling veg
She's tired and her nerves are frayed
she's teetering on the edge
of a full blown seasonal tantrum
and her head is thump, thump, thumping
the place is in a mess
because the tree's already dumping
all it's needles on the shag-pile
and the lights have blown a fuse,
the dog just ate the fairy
and there's carnage on the news
cos some idiot reporter
grabbed a mic and said
that there's been and reindeer pile up
and now Santa Claus is dead.
The kids are suicidal and will not be placated.
The cat is looking smug,
we think it might have mated
with the turkey on the worktop
which is incidentally .. snuffed,
still frozen in the middle
and now well and truly STUFFED !
so we throw it in the bin and Mam cooks beef instead.
Takes codeine (which works wonders) for the thumping in her head.
Cleans, dusts and vacuums,
lays the table for the spread.
Dishes up .. and washes up, once everybody's fed.
Then collapses on the sofa to watch the Wizard of Oz.
Falls asleep and snores a bit but we just smile because
Christmas is a triumph
Thanks to her, it always is,
and this rhyme is penned in tribute
to say,
Thanks Mam
... your the Biz !


ŠL.Voss.Nov2003







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Skeetr at 15:18 on 07 April 2004  Report this post
Ven, really fun & funny debut on WW! A brilliant welcome -- I particularly liked the image of the smug cat that "we think it might have mated with the turkey on the worktop which is incidentally .. snuffed" -- I'm still chuckling over that vision.

Best,

Smith


Lawrenco at 19:58 on 07 April 2004  Report this post
What a coincidence ,the poem I have just posted is also has christmas on the tittle .
I can assure you that it is not as funny and chirpy as this little number .The thing is things always do go wrong at christmas.Really enjoyed it and welcome to writewords.

swandale at 20:06 on 07 April 2004  Report this post
Fantastic, really made me laugh. Especially the introduction, that's ace.

that there's been and reindeer pile up should that be "a" not "and"?

Nice one,

Sam



Ven at 08:42 on 08 April 2004  Report this post
Skeetr and Lawrenco, thank you for your kind comments and the warm welcome, I'm glad it made you giggle :)

Swandale, thank you for commenting and also for pointing out my error. I was about to let it go to print like that. It's usually my spelling errors that let me down but I have discovered an excellent spellchecker that solved that problem, unfortunately there are some things you cannot spellcheck for. lol
I really appreciate you bringing it to my attention. Cheers, I owe you one.

Regards,

Ven.

poemsgalore at 18:28 on 08 April 2004  Report this post
This is terrific stuff, really made me laugh - your mum must be great.

Ven at 18:34 on 08 April 2004  Report this post
Thanks poemsgalore ... and yeah, she's quite cool :)

fevvers at 18:58 on 08 April 2004  Report this post
I enjoyed it, very funny.

Especially 'Mam' instead of 'Mum@ or 'mother' -

and I liked the cat.

Ven at 23:35 on 08 April 2004  Report this post
Thank you

roovacrag at 21:40 on 10 April 2004  Report this post
Welcome to WW.

I enjoyed reading this.
Love the start , before the poem.
Loved the poem as well.
Well written,
well versed
well done.

Go on.............
become a member........
Give us all a run for our money.

XX ALICE :-))

Epona Love at 16:30 on 27 April 2004  Report this post
Hello. Christmas always seemed rather chaotic in our household too... I think that my adult life is now devoted to trying to make order out of chaos! This fond piece reminds us of what christmas is really all about... people spending it together... however I do sympathise with your mother! A bit of Murphy's law going on there! It sounds much more interesting than my Christmas though, a very funny poem... Thank God for "Mam", eh?

Welcome.
Emma, x.

gard at 14:25 on 29 April 2004  Report this post
very entertaining and funny!

G

KatieMcCullough at 21:37 on 10 April 2009  Report this post
Hallo Ven,

This is somewhat a very delayed comment but your poem came up on the random feed at the side and this really made me smile. It's riddled with striking images and really bold short punchy sentences, I love it. It's got a relentless rhythm to it and it just ebbs and flows till the end when it winds up (and especially suiting as the the Mam in question winds down).

It's Christmas, early morning
and Mam is peeling veg
She's tired and her nerves are frayed
she's teetering on the edge
of a full blown seasonal tantrum

I adore the way you leap straight in there, you set the scene up and that's the hook. I can really hear this in my head as a spoken word piece, holding great attention to every vowel and nuance of structure. It's hard to write down but just the way it can be spoken really draws the listener into the world you've created, using pause and breath to great effect.

Keep up the good work missy!

Kx.


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