Christmas Wish – your festive poetic diversion for December 23rd, 2020
Christmas Wish
What is your desire?
What would you care for most?
Your spirits to be higher?
A special gift received through the post?
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Whatever you would wish for
May come round at any time soon
In the night and through your door
Delivered on a starry night lit also by the moon
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Hope and pray this is it
You will get your Christmas wish
Be happy with a scarf and some mits
Complimented with your favourite Christmas dish!
Its the last week in what has been a tumultuous year for most of us around the globe for reason or another. In this last week leading to what will be a different Christmas, here something that hopefully put a smile on your face.
This is for Monday Dec 21st – I will send out the Tues Dec 22nd later today and one for the next 3 days (if anyone will read anything on Christmas Day!)
The Snowman Slides In…
From the top, where it’s high
He goes on the slippery slope
Deliberately weaving from side to side
I reckon this Snowman is dope
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Shades sit in front of his beady eyes
Covering half his chubby face
He begins to increase his speed
In hopes of winning the race
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Faster faster, you hear him shout
The crowd responds with a chilling cheer
Up and down and over humps
He begins to smile with nothing to fear
—–
The end is now in sight
The challengers are on his back
He’s trips one of them up
Now its time to attack
—–
Leading from the front
Across the finish line he wins!
The coolest of all dudes
Is the Snowman that slides in…
December 2020
For the a short read of the 5 star review and to see what JW Nelson thinks about writing in general, and how creating stories, building plots and how he comes up with the names of his characters; see the two links below:
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I’m happy to answer further questions if anyone has any or any comments!
Thanks and Seasons Greetings to you all.
JW Nelson
The Partridge is stuck in a tree
What should we do?
Sing a song, get down one knee?
I could swear I did see two
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Oops, sorry that was the Turtle Doves
Yes, there are two of those
Christmas is something everyone loves
Some Turkey and garlic of cloves?
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Non! Say the French.
It has to be the trois hens
Don’t agree, be left on the bench
Watch them eat; only through your lens
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No fear though,
The four birds outside are calling
Joined by a man, saying, ho, ho, ho
On a sleigh, in the sky, now falling
—-
You throw him five golden rings
Santa needs presents too
Bet you didn’t know he can really sing
There’s so much more he can do
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Work his magic on the geese
All six of them lay eggs
The golden ovals represent signs of peace
At this time; no one should ever need to beg
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But the water is cold
And the seven swans keep swimming
Wrap up warm, don’t be bold
And your cupboards will be brimming
—-
The eight maids will provide the milk
There’s plenty to go around
Frankincense is replaced by silk
Your footing is now solid, sound
—-
As you celebrate this time of year
And watch nine ladies dance
The ones you love for and care
Surround us and join in the prance
—-
On tiptoes so you can join in
In the circle with the ten lords leaping
Did they have a few shots of Gin?
No, its okay, its all part of the meeting
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Moving and swaying to the piper’s tune
The eleven pipe as best they can
Sometime, later that afternoon
They heard the beat of the drumming man
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Twelve to be exact
Drumming, drum, drum
Twelve days is a long time to keep up this act
So I say to you all; just go out and have some fun!
For less than the price of your favourite coffee or tea – a longer lasting present to gift your friends and family for the reduced short term price of £0.99 (check Amazon from Friday Dec 4th) for the reduced price for POEMS FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON
In the US this will be available at $0.99 (again for a short period only) hopefully from tomorrow.
Book premise:
25 Poems for each day of December to Christmas Day that offer a typical, or sometimes whimsical look at this season of unified madness, greed, desperation, sadness, unmitigated child-like joy with a sprinkling of love, compassion and togetherness with an overriding sense of Christianity as the icing on your Xmas cake. My gift to all.
A taster – (December 1st)
Christmas Time (again!)
So its ho ho ho
And a bottle of rum
Its time for the show
And fill our tums
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No holding back
We’re at full pelt
No time to slack
Otherwise the snow will melt
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Must keep going
Spend, spend, spend
Keep that cash flowing
When will it end…
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When the shops are empty
When the food is all gone
We’ll still be tempted
To carry on and on
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Don’t worry about a thing
This madness is perfectly sane
A time to celebrate and sing
“Its Christmas time (again)”
In remembrance; for what we had and for what we have lost; my ode to never forget; as you lay in that December frost…
EARTH Mother, LOVETH ;Other
Spiritual holiness does she emit
Patient, comforting forgiveness pours out
Oh how blessed is her radiation that atomises us
Powerful, uncompromising tenacity imbues the mind to turn away from the pit
Righteous discipline, voices quietly, without
Alas, through biblical motherly love we are saved, thus
It started with a shooting
Sometime in 1914
Young men called into action
Some of them lied – still in their teens
The desire to protect ones family
The duty to overthrow oppression
The honour to defend ones country
The ability to start learning lessons
As the bombs have fallen
Over the last two great wars
The legacy of what remains
Can never ever be ignored
What are we trying to remember?
What is the benefit of this act?
Its to remember the lives and sacrifice
To remember; to survive we have to form a pact
We remember the freedom that their sacrifice gives
We remember the what they left behind
We offer our thanks from the bottom of our hearts
We hope this is what you have have seen – you can find
We know it is easy to forget
There are those times in life
When bravery and courage were aplenty
Selflessness and togetherness were rife
We tip our hats to all those men and women
Those who put themselves in arms way
This day belongs to all of you
As we celebrate your/our Remembrance Day…
The ‘No mystery to Black History’ continues…(see #nomysterytoblackhistory on Twitter @jwnelson3.com)
WHO ARE WE? (my personal memories)
We could be the man at the very top
We could be the man with the quiet Karma
Reaching a summit some thought impossible
Achieved by none other than Barrack Obama
We could be the global female lead
We could be the host, inspirator, a champion for all to hear and see
We should focus on ‘Key, Significance and small victories’
We could also follow our very own Oprah Winfrey
We could focus on winning our race – Daley?
Could we win ten challenging events – all at one time?
We could achieve the highest accolades of GOLD
Thompson’s record is purely and simply sublime
We could be the ‘black beauty’ : out of this world
Nichelle caused a stir with ‘that first kiss’
We now thankfully live in changed times
It is something thankfully we do not miss
We could be the ‘Thunderball’ 8 – yes that’s black
Earl started something that others did discern
A man of longevity – yes his life covered a century
Another inspiring target for us all; from which to learn
We could be the voice of our nations
Powerful, moving, seducing and hot like a burner
Songs and melodies from the past into the future
Yes, we could all do with a bit of ‘The’ Tina Turner
We could be funny, colourful, bold and a first?
Sweet sixteen in the 70’s made many choose Lenny
We could produce magic amid a torrid racial backdrop
In an era where up the Hill; there was another funny man called Benny..
We could be in the news
We could be the first colour on your screen
We could follow Trevor’s poise, professionalism and attitude
We love to having him on our Team…
We are everyone, everything, just like you
We have beautiful, hair, colour, skin and eyes
We are proud, clever, funny with intelligence
We are here, we are all together, let’s all keep aiming for that prize…
With the Bond movie (no.25) delayed again until 2021, get your fix here with a poetic adaptation of the second in the franchise. Starting of course with the silky, dulcet tones of Matt Munroe ‘ From Russia With Love’. In today’s climate it all seems a million miles away from the title?
Read, muse, enjoy and look out for the next installment ; the man ‘who loves gold…‘
(2) Russian Love…
The second outing for 007
Delivered itself in nineteen sixty-three
For some; they were in spy heaven
$100m+ earned, showed many lapped it up with glee
From Matt Monroe’s lilting tone
You could be deceived by SPECTRE
Bond is supported; so not alone
As Rosa Klebb plans to get ya!
The fluttering eyelids of Romanova the clerk
Added glamour to the impending doom
The ‘golden’ Lektor sent all sides berserk
There’s never enough space in any ultimate spy room
With a journey to the east, to Turkey
007 moved quietly to seek assistance
In those tunnels that could be a jot murky
They didn’t find any resistance
On the Orient Express up close and personal
Psycho agent Grant removed Karim Bay
May his body and soul rest on eternal
As Bond has a ‘case’ to respond; without delay
Romanova remains torn, which side to select
Bond attempts to change her mind
Klebb has other ideas; ensuring she doesn’t defect
Only once choice left, as he’s now he’s out of time
Swift feet see’s Klebb attack 007
A poisoned metal tip in her shoe
They fight and dance and its only quarter past eleven
Romanova watches, not knowing what to do
A surge of bravery pushes through the clerk
In the tussle, Klebb loses her gun
Bond under the cosh, makes Klebb work
The Clerk fires it, and Klebb’s day is done..
JW Nelson ©2020
Company of Fools
J W Nelson
Independently Published
9798677697968 $3.99 Kindle / $10.99 paperback
Ordering: https://www.amazon.com/COMPANY-FOOLS-Selling-Tricky-Business-ebook/dp/B08GHSBJWR
Company of Fools: Selling for Love & Life, Is a Tricky Business considers the unfulfilled ambitions of Justin Whalley, who dreams of success in love and career, but instead faces a series of disasters.
His upbringing and countenance are unremarkable, his family “close, but in a distant, unspoken way” which he mirrors in an adult life, which is quiet. Despite the fact that Justin has resolved to “not end up like them, content with very little, and had no freedom, no place to call their own,” the fact is that he’s in danger of doing just this, until he stumbles into high drama and death at work and comes to realize that romance and success come with price tags.
As new opportunities in business and love change his trajectory and his relationships, Justin finds himself out of his league in many ways, discovering more conundrums and complexity to living a vivid life than he’d imagined:
“We ventured our separate ways, with my mind flicking back and forth over Tom’s wife and her son. Vicky sat alone in some hotel probably crying or bored shitless. Chelsea at work and her precocious little Robert, who was slowly becoming a thorn in my side. Shaun soon to skulk off back to Dublin. And Errol rolling around with the leggy and the sexual ‘one look and you’re turned on’ Sally. Who said my life wasn’t exciting?”
J W Nelson does a fine job of taking an ordinary, common man with quiet ambitions and turning his life upside down. There’s a cast of characters that surround him in work and romance and affect his course in life; there are situations that leave him swimming against the tide; and too many possibilities leave him both excited and frustrated over his life’s unexpected changes.
Justin’s attempt to stay on course against this onslaught of change and challenge makes for a fun, engrossing romp through life that juxtaposes philosophical considerations with psychological growth:
“These transcendent thoughts are like smoke, here now and disappearing in a flash. Living in the moment, I had to remind myself. Focus on my true inclinations from the start. On my work goals. My life goal, utilising the experience and support from those around me.”
Company of Fools depicts an ‘Everyman’ changing the course laid out by family and his own expectations of what life is. Its tale of irony and opportunity, the mixed bag of success and unexpected obstacles, and the process of overcoming hurt and failure to enter a better life provides a gripping story that is poignant, funny, and thought-provoking all at once. It’s infused with British culture and changing relationships that keep readers both on their toes and delighted by unexpected twists and turns.
For a visual trailer of Company of Fools go here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClBkYK8VLns4BU0Dud0_fMA/videos
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