Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas Morning In Providencia Comments

Rating: 4.8

After a night of firecrackers and rockets
heralding a heavenly host and a child king
the dog and I walk out into the mist
where just before dawn the cold rises from the earth
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Michael Hogan 25 December 2015

Thanks, Miles. Thinking about the poor guys in the joint, but also the poor wives and who have to struggle with multiple buses, callous jailers, and crying children to bring a bit of cheer to their husbands. Most of us know very little of such sacrifice, such love. These brave women inspire me to be a bit more tolerant and kind and not cry about my condition.

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Miles Beacom 25 December 2015

Once again, Michael Hogan has captured a unique moment in time that is worth saving. To be trapped by our affections is better than to have never been captured I like the poem a lot.

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