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Reindeer Report

by U. A. Fanthorpe

U. A. Fanthorpe

Chimneys: colder.
Flightpaths: busier.
Driver: Christmas (F)
Still baffled by postcodes.
Children: more
And stay up later.
Presents: heavier.
Pay: frozen.
Mission in spite
Of all this
Accomplished –
MERRY CHRISTMAS!




Quotes of the Day

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
• Ferdinand Foch


Poems of the Day
  • Patience Worth
    In The Holy Moonlight
    by Patience Worth
    Yea, in the holy moonlight When the nightingale sobs, 'tis not Of joy but plaintive tuned. And in the morn The lark calls, calls, calls, Nay answer, a plaintive lay.