What Makes Me Happy

The sun has gone for his holidays
We don’t know when he’ll be back.
He gone to Australia for a rest 
But we can’t wait for him to come back.

We miss him when he is away
He never sends a postcard.
I suppose he might find writing it
A teensy weensy bit hard.

He is baking the Australians 
And the Indians too.
I know that cos I just spoke to one
He was very polite to me too.

He told me it is 35 degrees
And he is getting a bit hot
I told him to send it back to us
Because we definitely are not.

He laughed as he gave me the codes
To fix my remote control
He wished me all I wished myself
I thanked him, and said that was my goal.

Now as we get nearer to the solstice
The sun I have to tell
You will be making your way back soon
And on that I am going to dwell.

It makes me happy to know,
You will have to start your return
I can’t wait for the solstice on the 22nd to pass
For this I am longing and I yearn.

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Date: 12/4/2012 1:34:00 PM
Dear Mandy, It's a big 10-4 on this POEM I am cold blooded. one day a couple of years ago it was 35 degrees below 0 and the windchill factor I used a full cord of wood that night. I await the first Bud. LOVE YOU ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR Eternal Liege...Harry
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Date: 10/11/2012 2:04:00 PM
this s the second or third, i commented on....
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Date: 12/20/2011 12:43:00 PM
Beautiful Job, Mandy. Congrats on a worthy poem win. Agape, Moses
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Date: 12/21/2011 1:57:00 AM
Thank you John, all the best to you and yours x
Date: 12/20/2011 10:54:00 AM
Congratulation my friend on your win.bl
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Date: 12/20/2011 11:32:00 AM
Thanks again bl x
Date: 12/19/2011 9:06:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Mandy. Merry Christmas! Kim
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Date: 12/20/2011 12:57:00 AM
Thanks Kim, Merry Christmas to you and thanks fot taking the time to read and comment x
Date: 12/19/2011 7:10:00 PM
That's right. Thursday is the shortest day of the year and we will start seeing the sun (if he is still up) there a bit longer. Congratulations on your high placement. Love, Joyce
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Date: 12/20/2011 12:59:00 AM
Thank you Joyce for the congratulations and taking the time to read and comment. Happy Holidays x
Date: 12/19/2011 4:06:00 PM
CONGRATS
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Date: 12/20/2011 1:00:00 AM
Thank you Adelaja for the congratulations and taking the time to read and comment. Happy Holidays x
Date: 12/19/2011 3:48:00 PM
this was GREAT originality in the contest, Mandy. I really liked it. Congratulations, and where the heck are YOU, then?
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Date: 12/20/2011 1:01:00 AM
Thank you Andrea for the congratulations and taking the time to read and comment. Happy Holidays x In the dark and wet of England
Date: 12/19/2011 2:20:00 PM
Congratulations on your placement in my "Being Happy" contest Mandy. I have enjoyed sponsoring contests this year and hope to continue doing it in 2012. Love, Carol
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Date: 12/20/2011 1:03:00 AM
Thank you Carol for the congratulations and taking the time to read and comment. Happy Holidays x Have enjoyed entering in them and considering I have never written a thing until I joined PS I don't think I have done too bad.
Date: 12/8/2011 8:17:00 AM
love this Mandy, the light(sun) be with you always. harry
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Date: 12/8/2011 8:38:00 AM
Thanks for that Harry, same to you x
Date: 12/8/2011 6:26:00 AM
wow, its nice.
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Date: 12/20/2011 6:46:00 AM
Thanks Adelaja, you are very kind for reading and taking time to comment. x
Date: 12/8/2011 5:57:00 AM
Let's celebrate the solstice. Unfortunately, we still will have three months of misery; but it's true, it makes me happy, too. Your poem says it well; others bake in hell, while we in the freezer dwell.
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Date: 12/8/2011 6:25:00 AM
this is a good job itself. Love.
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Date: 12/8/2011 6:11:00 AM
No you can make it three months of joy if you try..hard...really hard....very very hard.xx
Date: 12/8/2011 5:49:00 AM
I'm right there with you Mandy.
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Date: 12/8/2011 6:12:00 AM
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