http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/08/16/i-was-thinking-christmas-but-i-said-halloween/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-was-thinking-christmas-but-i-said-halloween Publishing Creative and Contemporary Writing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/08/16/i-was-thinking-christmas-but-i-said-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-298 diydanna Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:38:57 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/08/16/i-was-thinking-christmas-but-i-said-halloween/#comment-298 It was a shock to not see a rhyming pattern by Mr. Defcon. But this atypical free verse from the former H&H House Writer flows, and the I enjoyed reading about what I perceived as the outward identities we assume 364 days of the year like costumes, and about the 1 day a year we're allowed to show our true selves - good or bad. I guess my question to the writer is: Is that day Halloween or Christmas?... As The Great Pumpkin (or Santa Claus) would say, Ho-Ho-Ho, Jupiter Gene! He's the bees knees, even when he's not rhyming. Thanks for sharing this poem with Earth. It was a shock to not see a rhyming pattern by Mr. Defcon. But this atypical free verse from the former H&H House Writer flows, and the I enjoyed reading about what I perceived as the outward identities we assume 364 days of the year like costumes, and about the 1 day a year we’re allowed to show our true selves – good or bad. I guess my question to the writer is: Is that day Halloween or Christmas?… As The Great Pumpkin (or Santa Claus) would say, Ho-Ho-Ho, Jupiter Gene! He’s the bees knees, even when he’s not rhyming. Thanks for sharing this poem with Earth.

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