Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 216.73.216.165
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Was there something of an issue there, With a wondering sheep being lost, Just at that time when the shepherds, Were on the way to rejoice and toast? I rather think that, most definitely, The shepherds would have respected, The four, five or even six days in which, The family would have there resided. If they had just set off for the inn, And their brother had whistled them back, To search for a lost, lonely sheep, To quantify their merchandise, their sack. They would’ve come back and returned, No problem, without any hesitation, Because you don’t loose a sheep very often, And they had a few more days for visitation. There was a long while yet, plenty of time, To visit and celebrate the baby at the inn, ‘Cos they adhered to the early gossip, Listened to the early dew, the first of the din. People were talking about the family, About the child of an unmarried twosome, But the shepherds understood relationships, Behaviour, intentions and the banging drum. They were very much working class people, Townsmen of commerce and of pubs, Who understood free love when it occurred, And they didn’t wish on the family subs. So they took a lamb along with them, To reassure that they knew their job, the animals, Kept them fit and healthy, very well, Showed that there were no external variables. They gave them a lamb and were thanked, ‘Cos I presume it was killed by them and dead, Ready to cut up, debone, cook and eat, To let the family feel fully satisfied instead. The innkeeper wasn’t too friendly or polite, Didn’t let the parents buy any meals or have drink, Hid them out of the way in the animals’ stable, Such that they had to drink the cow’s milk. And the butcher wasn’t open to them, Would not exchange their money, ‘Cos the whole town considered them, Nothing intelligent or funny. But the shepherds sufficed and prevailed, To change that deformation and liberate, The town’s people from derision and tradition, And let the family function, integrate. Their hand in family’s life, the Christmas story, Was vital beyond definition and description, ’Cos they determined the living conditions, Of the baby of remedial initiation. They also influenced life back home, In Nazareth where they had abode and lived, Where the people followed the shepherds, Where the rebellion was not relived.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required