The Vision Of Saint Nicholas
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Before he found his true mission,
Santa Claus had a glorious vision.
I sent him a letter last year, you see.
And he wrote one back for you and me!
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If just for one day a year
I could wipe away ev’ry tear
Melt away ev’ry fear
Play carols for those who won’t hear
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If just for one day a year
Mankind would pause and lend an ear
Gaze at the silent star’s light
Imagine a Peace that shines as bright
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If just for one day a year
You could love the One who’s so sincere
Forgive what has gone before
(Leave cookies and milk by the door)
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By the Christmas Tree Of Life,
I leave you a secret treasure.
It is a key to your heart,
No man nor mind can measure!
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December 11, 2010 at 6:00 am
Excellent Keith! Your words gave me a smile this morning. May your holidays be as warm as the thoughts you leave. Merry Christmas!
December 11, 2010 at 6:08 am
Thank you, Stuart! Happy am I to know you liked it!
Peace, UT
Hope you and yours have a very merry Christmas!
December 11, 2010 at 7:07 am
Heartfelt wishes of Peace and Beauty to you… my favorite Uncle. May visions of Sugarplums dance in your head all year long!
Merry Christmas!
December 11, 2010 at 8:32 am
Thank you! This is LOVELY.
December 11, 2010 at 8:32 am
Thank you for the kind thoughts and well wishes, Penny!
You’re a sweetheart!
Hope you have a super holiday season. Merry Christmas!
Ho! Ho! Ho! Uncle Tree
December 11, 2010 at 8:35 am
Thank you, and you’re welcome, Therese!
UT
Merry Christmas to you!
December 11, 2010 at 9:10 am
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May you have milk and cookies all year!
Merry Christmas Keith.
December 11, 2010 at 9:13 am
Thank you, Bonnie!
Good to see you again!
I do wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season
filled with joy and lovely goodies. Merry Christmas! Peace, UT
December 11, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Dear Sir,
Mi lady here.
Your words, the way you speak them, could take anyone’s breath away. Talent such as yours is indescribable. Your elegance and grace, floors me and I am a writer also. Your mind is a very beautiful tool and it appears to me that you use it very well. I believe in you and your gift. I know, with the right motivation and support, from those that see what I see….you will move many. I am praying for the day, when I get a copy of your brilliant work, and attend a signing of your great art. Though, you must save me a piece of the rainbow…..
love
December 11, 2010 at 8:03 pm
You are the most dearest hearted. Look what wondrous sweetness comes from your soul. May it be filled with peace for all your days and then some. xoxo
December 12, 2010 at 4:59 am
I am such a cutup, Cheryl.
Uncle Tree shall first consult his magic crystal.
Hmmm…“Let me see.” Hold on a second…
the visuals are coalescing now –
Ah-ha! Mindfulness! Yes! I will use this so-called very beautiful tool
to carve out a prism for you. Then I will pierce a hole through
the sparkling matter with my oh-so penetrating laser-vision.
A shiny silver chain will wind down the process of your necklace.
Thereafter, you may carry around a piece of me — always.
Let it hang and dangle loosely, close to your loving heart.
You will then have the ability to produce your own spectral rainbow
wherever Love resides beside the redeeming Light Of The World.
December 12, 2010 at 5:32 am
Gosh, Gayle! I’m blushing and gushing with gleeful giddiness.
Great tidings of glad joy you bring to me this morning. Thank you!
I too hope you find peace and love throughout this holiday season,
and wish for you a wonder-filled and very happy new year!
Merry Christmas!
Luvz & Hugz! Keith
December 12, 2010 at 8:11 am
You’re most welcome and most deserving. I’m happy I could bring you some glad joy this morning. And thank you for your gracious greeting for me too.
Merry Christmas, Keith and may a Happy New Year be yours!
Gayle ~ xoxo
December 14, 2010 at 3:48 am
“Let there be peace on earth
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth
The peace that was meant to be.
With God as our father
Brothers all are we.
Let me walk with my brother
In perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me
Let this be the moment now.
With every step i take
Let this be my solemn vow.
To take each moment
And live each moment
With peace eternally.
Let ther be peace on earth,
And let it begin with me.”
Author Unknown
December 14, 2010 at 9:13 am
I remember singing that song in church–I always loved it. It makes me cry.
xoxo
December 14, 2010 at 9:44 am
well, i left a short note for st. nicholas i was just asking him where Christmas is, because i cannot find it… all that is left is memories of it in my childhood.
and guess what? i guess even him doesn’t remember me anymore. everyone has forgotten the caterpillar who wants to become a butterfly because she no longer remember herself as well. :0
but never the less, i wish you well uncle.
December 15, 2010 at 3:51 am
Please, don’t be so hard on yourself, Rhee.
St. Nick remembers everyone, including you, Butterfly.
And once he remembers you, there will be no forgetting your self.
He prays the coming year brings
the perfect combination of
beauty and strength
to your wings.
Be merry!
It works.
Peace
December 15, 2010 at 4:06 am
Dear Gayle,
Tears of joy surround us
when we listen to a song that rings a bell — for all.
When it hits home,
it settles in the heart and soul of all who hear the call.
I’ll never forget…my daughter was in the 5th grade choir. They sang this.
Bet ‘cher life, it was the first time I ever cried my heart out in school.
December 15, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I can’t help myself–if I hear a song or quote or something profoundly touchingly true–my heart is immediately engaged and the tears will come spilling forth.
Bless your tender heart–crying your heart out while your young daughter sang–I would have too.
December 16, 2010 at 4:58 pm
The hope of the holiday season wrapped as a beautiful gift in your poem!
Have a beautiful holiday, Uncle Tree!
December 16, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Ho! Ho! Hey!
Thank you, Ms. Talonted!
You can be sure Uncle Tree
will do his best to see the best things beatifically.
Peace to you and yours! Cheerz, Keith
December 18, 2010 at 9:45 am
Great poem,UT!!!! Can’t wait to see ya over the holidays!
December 18, 2010 at 10:25 am
Thanks, bro! I also look forward to seeing the whole family at once.
See ya soon!
Man, oh man. Do I have some stories to tell.
December 18, 2010 at 9:27 pm
“Merry Christmas”
To all and to all a good night
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Hope you get what’s coming to you!
UT
I do pray that all your dreams and wishes come true.
Cupid can be such a little rascal sometimes.
December 18, 2010 at 10:15 pm
So sweet, may we all have the gift of love and one personal Santa to make us merry! Very good job!
I’d like to wish you a Merry Christmas and to say thank you for the support to Jingle Poetry, with you standing beside us, we are able to continue our efforts by providing the platform for poets who share and encourage…BEST wishes for the year 2011…your poetry has enlightened our community and made us smile.
Blessings fly your way, Happy Holidays!
http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/
Hope to see you on Sunday Poetry Potluck again, let me know if you have questions..old poems or poems unrelated to our theme are welcome..
week 15 theme: reflections, interpretations, and musings.
Take care!
December 19, 2010 at 5:08 am
Thank you, Blaga! Glad you liked it!
HaPpY HoLiDaYs! Hope your Christmas is a very merry one!
Peace, UT (Thank you also for the invitation!)
December 19, 2010 at 9:28 am
Brilliant, that is one hell of a vision.
If only it actually was a reality
December 19, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Thank you very much, Richard!
When it comes to reality, that key, once we have it,
can be very hard to give to another. But give it away, we must,
or risk losing it before love has had a chance to open our door.
Security is but a lonely light-year away from here.
A mere moment in Time for those of us who wish to truly believe.
Merry Christmas!
December 21, 2010 at 9:00 pm
This is festive, UT turns into CT,
uncle tree wants to be a Christmas tree..
love you spirits..
what a treat to visit you today..
missed your talent a lot.
December 21, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Hello,
Happy new Year and Merry Christmas!
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love your support. Thanks for the contribution to potluck poetry, link in one if you can today.
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stay blessed, you rock!
December 22, 2010 at 6:28 am
Real need is to have a world where there are no situations worth shedding tears.
Liked the piece very much.
December 22, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Thank you, Jingle! Glad you liked the rockin’ spirit of St. Nick!
I’m having a very frantic holiday season. That’s why I’ve not joined in.
I do wish you a very Merry Christmas,
and hope the new year treats you right!
Ho! Ho! Ho! CTU
December 22, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Oh, but Dr. Morgan, if we were merry all the time
life would be boring. This comedy of errors
makes me cry all the time. Well, not
all the time, but enough.
Enough to heal me.
Tears of joy
shed, too.
Leaves
only
fall.
December 23, 2010 at 6:46 pm
My dear uncle I wanted to wish you the best of all the luck and happyness in this times, I sincerelly mean it, I hope you spend fantastic holidays.
MS
December 24, 2010 at 9:49 am
Thank you, Mariana!
I’m smiling…really.
Happy Holidays to you, too! Hugz! for Peace, Keith
December 24, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Dearest Keith,
I hope you have the merriest Christmas and a New Year to come filled with abundant love.
Love,
Gayle
December 25, 2010 at 3:26 am
From a silent night
To morning cheers from children
Peace turned inside out
Me2, Hugz!
December 25, 2010 at 11:47 am
uncle,
to you
and yours
I wish an happy christmas
and a wonderful new year.
May your roots bear fruits
and your leaves holds warmth.
blessings,
(btw – a few days ago i have finally put my hands on Der Steppenwolf. Only few pages went between my fingers but what I was reading was different. Will have to get the book soon. Have you read it? what .. ?
) peace and words uncle.
December 26, 2010 at 6:03 am
Thank you for the well-wishes, D!
I do wish you the same and more! May you continue to branch out
whilst you reach into the areas of your imagination that
you, perhaps, have yet to explore.
May your new year be bless’d with the utmost happiness!
Peaceful words, yes. Ah-so. That, too. And some of This on the side.
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Yes, I did read that novel in March of 2003. Of course, it was the
English translation, whereas, you get to read the the original version.
I’m sure I missed out on his personal style of wording in that regard.
Hermann Hesse is definitely one of my favorite authors. You know that.
I admire his ability to put forth his thoughts and ideas, because he could
be awfully intellectual and completely spiritual at one and the same time.
This is his most fantastic and out-of-this-world novel. It reminded me
of some of his fairy tales, especially the ones that he published as an addendum to his novel “The Glass Bead Game.” Do you know of those?
That treatise at the beginning…OMG! We may not like to think of
ourselves that way, but he makes his point so succinctly it sounds true,
and cuts to the heart. Ouch! What measly beasts we be sometimes…
Let me know what you think of wolf-man when you’re through, D. Okay?
Take care, be good, and stay cool, dude! Peace, Tree-man
December 26, 2010 at 7:27 am
Tree man
i was actually reading the Hebrew translation. would like to continue with the English one. Unfortunately my German is way too low for that kind a book, would need years more for that, but the old Hebrew style in way which that book was translated keeps some of the spirit. The book was at a friend house and now I will need to get my own copy. The beginning is dark and much different than other books of him but did pulled me in. it had actually aroused in me a wish to read a biography of him; to put the book in context. I do remember the glass bead, which beginning has almost put my away, but will have to reread it soon.
many words more to flow..
keep walking among us TreeMan, keep walking
December 26, 2010 at 8:35 am
Hey, Dhyan! Fyi, the bio I read (I love biographies) was
“Pilgrim Of Crisis” by Ralph Freedman — 1978
Another way to get into Herm’s mind is this:
“My Belief: Essays On Life And Art” — 1904 to 1961
I recommend this one, especially the letter to those wishing to
become a poet. (of all things…why a poet?)
I am walking, D! I tell myself (often to no avail):
“Stand up straight like a tree! Be as tall as you can be.”
‘Tis all that I can do to fight the pull of gravity.
You run, D! Run! To the nearest library. Good luck! UT
December 27, 2010 at 10:03 pm
The beautiful ring pressed into my mind,
I wished I could find you in my arms
slipping away into the shadows
two hearts that tangle love so blind
Wake me from this, the visions I see
slowly fading in mystical tranquility
embrace the touch, quivering leaf
passionately reach to expand the seed
Warmth of a ray of hope peaks free
the urge to bend with a simple snap
Pain is not evident through the layers
Strong exterior, soft core, I am Uncle Tree
With Love-Cheryl Ann
December 27, 2010
December 28, 2010 at 5:46 am
Oh, my! What a lovely tribute, Cheryl.
From the depths of my heart, I thank you for this!
So very nice of you to think of me, and to see me in that light.
Ah, to bend without breaking…that is the task at hand.
You say — I efficiently hide my pain. Ha! I know better than that.
You perceive my wishes well, Mi’Lady. If they were to come true,
I may have you to thank. Something is in the air. Or, might I say,
it’s all up in the air, as far as I’m concerned. You move me! And now,
Time stands still, and awaits my reaction. Perhaps, it waits for you, too.
Let the new year begin for I am badly in need of a newly found hope.
Peace, luvs and hugz to you, dear one! Sincerely, Keith
December 29, 2010 at 7:00 am
For Christmas this year, my darling daughter, Kirstie, wrote me a poem.
The card is perishable, but I will keep it in a safe place in the hope of
having it around for a very long time. Her words I shall cherish, store and save here at my house — in my old lonesome forest of dreams.
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After the children are all tucked in bed,
after all their favorite stories are read,
they dream of Christmas, and presents, and joy
that Christmas will bring to each girl and boy.
The big bearded man and his sack full of toys,
topple down the chimney without making a noise.
He places his presents, and eats his snack,
and sneaks to the next house still carrying his sack.
Christmas Day arrives, and all their eyes pop,
children so anxious as all their jaws drop.
A day full of laughter and holiday cheer
is what always makes Christmas the best time of year!
December 29, 2010 at 9:45 pm
She’s a chip off the old bark, Uncle Tree. What a most precious gift–so happy for you.
December 30, 2010 at 3:38 am
Thank you, Gayle! I think so, too.
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February 23, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Belated is truly an understatement in this case, but thank you sincerely for sharing ‘The Vision of Saint Nicholas’ – I loved it! It was beautiful and moving. Since I live perpetually in the spirit of Christmas, “Merry Christmas, Uncle Tree.” (Even if we are closer to St. Patty’s Day than Christmas… or maybe I am just very early for next year!) -Martie (c:
February 23, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Thank you for the well wishes, Martie!
It’s so hard to do anything perpetually…
so I will wish for you to find a 4-leaf clover
that you may carry with you always a reminder of
the truly good things that follow your righteous intentions.
November 4, 2011 at 5:25 am
I think, this deserves a re-post onto Facebook…….right about now!
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Oh, really? Already? Thank you, Cheryl Ann!
December 8, 2011 at 4:59 am
Is it Christmastime yet?
HaPpY HoLiDaYs to ALL!
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I’ve had my fun playing with Time. I abhor the idea of the future being set. If God knows how this all ends, then that reduces freewill to a meaningless point. I prefer to see Time as being linear, and I believe that’s one of the laws of the Universe that our Creator has to live by. Which laws He can break via divine intervention – I don’t know. If there is such a thing as divine intervention, then it sorta means His Plans got screwed up, and before He created The Universe, he tweaked The Laws in such a way as to allow for a mistake or two on His part, which He could then fix without most of us noticing.
If Time and All is unchangeable, then I’d say consciousness stays still whilst Time passes us by. Then reality would be static, and there would be no freewill. Then again, if “I am who I am, and besides me there is no other”, then neither of us, or anyone for that matter, exist as a separate entity. We are but a part of the whole.
December 10, 2011 at 6:50 am
Our sins stem from the social-ness of the creatures we seem to be, as we are trapped in our own cultures, and we know of no way to oust ourselves from the universal petri dish. Although, we are awash in stars. May we strive to shine as bright as the one that hovered over Bethlehem, one holy silent night – many, many years ago! I pray you let the Light Of Love lead your way this wintry season. “Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.”
December 13, 2011 at 4:53 am
Hello dearest Keith,
With a warm remembrance of all the beautiful moments we shared on this vast Internet I wish you and your family very Happy Christmas days and a fulfilling 2012.
My dearest uncle tree, will always remember thee
Love from Mieke
December 14, 2011 at 3:46 am
It’s always good to see you again, and thanks for the well wishes!
I do hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas this year,
and I pray the Lord blesses you, your home, and your work in 2012.
You are unforgettable! Peace & Luvz, Keith
December 25, 2011 at 7:47 am
You were destined to have the key……
December 25, 2011 at 8:40 am
December 11, 2012 at 5:43 am
♥ There’s a twinkle in his eye, and in that twinkle
you’ll see another world – another world
that chose to choose PEACE. Luvz,
Keith Alan Watson ♥