[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?

[James Wiegel]



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ON THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION" BY DENISE LEVERTOV

It’s when we face for a moment
the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know
the taint in our own selves, that awe
cracks the mind’s shell and enters the heart:
not to a flower, not to a dolphin,
to no innocent form
but to this creature vainly sure
it and no other is god-like, God
(out of compassion for our ugly
failure to evolve) entrusts,
as guest, as brother,
the Word.
Denise Levertov

December 21, 2021

Jim Wiegel
“…the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come and let us talk“. 

The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver


> On Dec 24, 2023, at 11:45 AM, jstanfieldica <jstanfieldica at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thank you John.  A very powerful Christmas poem.
> 
> Merry Christmas.
> 
> Jeanette Stanfield
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> Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network.
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Lynda C via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Date: 2023-12-24 12:19 p.m. (GMT-05:00)
> To: "OE List (OE at lists.wedgeblade.net)" <OE at lists.wedgeblade.net>, "Jim and Judy Wiegel (jfwiegel at yahoo.com)" <jfwiegel at yahoo.com>, Gene Marshall <gwesleymarshall at gmail.com>
> Cc: Lynda C <lynda860 at outlook.com>, "John II Cock (jpcock2 at gmail.com)" <jpcock2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Oe List ...] FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?
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> From: John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com>
> Date: Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 12:12 PM
> To: llc860 at triad.rr.com <llc860 at triad.rr.com>
> Subject: FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynda Cock [mailto:llc860 at triad.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM
> To: Cock, John I
> Subject: FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?
> Importance: High
> 
> SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
> 
> YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
> YOU BETTER NOT CRY
> YOU BETTER NOT POUT
> I'M TELLING YOU WHY
> SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
> 
> HE'S MAKING A LIST
> AND CHECKING IT TWICE
> HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT
> WHO'S NAUGHTY OR NICE
> SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
> 
> 
> IT IS SAID OF OLD, THAT THE BAD BOYS AND GIRLS GOT NO GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS--
> ONLY A SWITCH TO LASH THEM WITH.  BUT SO FAR AS  ANYONE KNOWS, NO SWITCHES
> HAVE EVER BEEN LEFT AT CHRISTMAS.  SANTA CLAUS TAKES GOOD GIFTS TO EVERY
> HOUSE, TO EVERY PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
> 
> THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION.  THIS IS THE WAY THE STORY READS.  EVERY
> PERSON, EVERY HOUSE.  IF A CHILD RECEIVES NO GIFT FROM SANTA CLAUS, THAT IS
> A DEVASTATING BLOW.  NO MATTER HOW MANY GIFTS ARE RECEIVED FROM MOM, DAD,
> BROTHER, SISTER, THOSE GIFTS CANNOT REPLACE THE GIFT NOT RECEIVED FROM THE
> ONE WHO TAKES GIFTS TO ALL.  YOU SEE IN THIS STORY, ALL GIRLS ARE GOOD
> GIRLS--FOR ALL RECEIVE GIFTS.  AND ALL BOYS ARE GOOD BOYS--FOR ALL RECEIVE
> GIFTS.
> 
> NOW I ASK YOU:  IS THIS A TRUE STORY?  HAVE YOU EVER MET THAT WHICH GIVES
> GOOD GIFTS TO ALL?  INTO EVERY HOUSE?  BY ANY CRITERIA YOU AND I HAVE
> CREATED, WE ALL DESERVE SWITCHES. YET, IN SPITE OF HOW WE SEE OURSELVES,
> THERE IS THAT EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO
> ALL.
> 
> ST. NICK, SANTA CLAUS, OR WHATEVER OTHER NAME IS USED, THEY ALL DEPEND UPON
> OUR COMMON LIFE EXPERIENCES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO ALL, TO
> EVERY HOUSE.  THE STORY DOES NOT SAY HOW THIS IS DONE OR WHY.  IT SIMPLY
> SAYS THAT IT IS DONE.
> 
> "YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. . . I'M TELLING YOU WHY!  SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO
> TOWN.!"
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