image borrowed from bing
Miracle in the Burbs
“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time
we love, every time we give--it’s Christmas.”
--Dale Evans.
I still live
in a
small town,
where
Christmas
carolers stand
in the cold
serenading
us,
where
Santa sits
on a
fire truck
and cruises
the neighborhood,
where tree farms
are just
blocks
away,
where
store window
displays
look like
Norman Rockwell,
where
the reason
for
the season
is
thriving
lovingly
within
every heart,
every home.
Glenn Buttkus
Posted over on dVerse Poets
Would you like the author to read this Neruda Sonnet 55 to you?
how cool is that... santa on a fire truck cruising the neighborhood.. and i'm all for real trees for christmas...just because of the smell you know... smiles
ReplyDeleteI liked this very much, Glenn. You have set before us a beautiful Christmas scene the way we hope it will always be.
ReplyDeleteYou do well with 55's, Glenn! Smiles.
Wow! You went all out and included a reading of your 55 word piece, Glenn!
ReplyDeleteVery nice-- love your Neruda writing.. and Santa on a fire-truck sound very nice.. can he get down the chimneys that way?
ReplyDeleteLovely meaning specially the ending (plus the quote and title too)~
ReplyDeleteLoving the Neruda style of writing Glenn ~ Happy Friday, smiles ~
I can really picture your neighborhood, Glenn! We do not have Christmas carolers where I live but I think I'd like that. We do have street lights, window displays and Santa(s) though.
ReplyDeleteI always like the quotation you choose for us to read and this one is no exception!
nice. i love being from a small town....for all those reasons...well not so small any more but i used to work a tree lot with my dad at the holidays and it was always fun for us kids....
ReplyDeleteThe joys of a town. Beautiful imagery and the celebratory tone is just splendid. Great write. :-)
ReplyDelete-HA
A miracle, indeed, that the reason for the season should live. Nice imagery of the small town at Christmastime. Peace, Linda
ReplyDeleteGlenn, I used to live in just such a town...your poem makes we wish I had never left...this is a spot on description. Great images, very nice. It is like a Rockwell painting in words.
ReplyDeleteLucky you.
ReplyDeleteLoved your poem Glenn, though I thought you might do a shoot for a short film. Ha! Best. >KB
ReplyDeleteYes, nothing like a small town Christmas. Every house is decked with lights and you can always count on Santa in the fire truck.
ReplyDeleteJust as well that there are still places like that...and that there are poets to sing about it.
ReplyDeletesounds like my hometown... you still manager to make 55 words look like a book
ReplyDeleteA beautiful and true festive season! Loved it.
ReplyDeleteI think a small town is lovely due to the fact everyone knows each other. And are giving each other. But being in a small town is not so good if the culture, the look of the town, is sad. Then being different becomes difficult.
ReplyDeleteBelonging is educating.
How nice when everything else are on a personal and first name basis. It can never be better. It is what the city people crave for but missed dearly! Nicely Glenn!
ReplyDeleteHank
a good place to be Glenn
ReplyDeleteLovely reading, thank you. And I used to live in a small Northern Michigan town very much like this. This poem gives me hope.
ReplyDeleteall set for the festivity:)
ReplyDeleteI live in a village too, and even with the big supermarkets advertising just within the corner of one's eye, there is something magical about the quieter side of Christmas here. Eloquently put!
ReplyDeleteAh, I should have thought of that - asking for a seasonal theme on top of the 55! You did it so well, too, with this evocation of small town and all its wide-eyed wonders during the Christmas season.
ReplyDeleteLike a Norman Rockwall Xmas card. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteLove it!!
ReplyDeleteA sweet poem filled with the goodness of the season - love being from a small town - corny to some but oh so sweet K
ReplyDeleteI love that you quote Dale Evens! And the poem is mighty fine too.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the whole essence of small town bliss is condensed into the Christmas Season.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful memories Glenn
Loved your Norman Rockwell 55
Thanks for playing and sharing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
Nice 55 Glen. I live in the country but we can chop a Charlie Brown tree down by the creek and call it good. I'd like some store window displays like that. The malls suck.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend in your small town!
I, too, like that you quoted Dale Evans. It seems as if you were writing about my hometown where I grew up in Washington State. Your writing is always smart and full and rich..
ReplyDeleteThat was a beautifully painted scene of Christmas in your 55 Glen ~ we too have the red suited man on a fire-truck throwing out lollies to the kids on the nature-strips., how Christmas should be
ReplyDeleteLovely - I can imagine Christmas in a small town is full of love.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you live in a great traditional place.
ReplyDeleteLittle things matter if only we care enough. A beautiful neighbourhood
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