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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
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Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
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anything or anyone
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

December 24, 2015 at 11:57am
December 24, 2015 at 11:57am
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Prompt: Do you like a White Christmas or a Florida Christmas {no snow or cold}?

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I am indifferent, really. Both have their pluses and minuses. The only thing I miss from my white Christmas life is the large parties we attended. I guess the same can happen in a Florida Christmas, but the trouble is we got too old to bother. Just dressing up for it would knock us out. *Laugh*

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While we are at the subject of Christmas, I have to get something off my chest. I have been to all kinds of religious and other holiday celebrations for all kinds of religions and holidays. It never occurred to me not to smile and answer nicely back to those who wished me Happy Eid, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Whatever, or Merry Christmas. I can celebrate anything with anybody because people are my friends, and by default, in some small way, their holidays are celebrations for me, also.

Now this year, saying Merry Christmas has suddenly become politically incorrect. I am so sick of the “politically incorrect” stamp we pound on everything human. It is like the superstitious ditty, “Step on a crack, you'll break your mother's back.” I can’t believe how idiotic this "politically incorrect" taboo is!

Saying Merry Christmas, whether one believes in it or not, is not an affront to anyone's own set of beliefs. Yesterday, I said Merry Christmas to someone and she looked at me like she wanted to whack me out of this planet. Oh well, to each his own!

Now that I’ve blurted out my two–cents worth…

Merry Christmas!



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