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Happy Christmas

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  • Post published:December 30, 2025
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/Christmas/poem

Happy twittermas everybody! Or is it Xmas nowadays? Iโ€™d much rather say Happy Christmas, in lieu of a modern phrase.   I mean, Christmas has a meaning, of which some…

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The Window Elf

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  • Post published:December 30, 2025
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/Christmas/poem

The child pressed his face to the window, his hands spread as though keeping the glass in place. From inside, I caught a glimpse of his wide eyed stare; peering…

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Read more about the article Once Upon A Christmas Wishโ€ฆ
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Once Upon A Christmas Wishโ€ฆ

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  • Post published:December 30, 2025
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I almost didnโ€™t see you there in your bright red suit and hat; the big black belt and golden buckle, showed where you were at.   And that big white…

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Christmas Prep

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  • Post published:December 23, 2025
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/Christmas

Santa Claus is due to call, sometime very soon. The days are short, the nights are long, and lit up by the moon. The frost has everything gone white, with…

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Read more about the article Throw Back
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Throw Back

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  • Post published:September 5, 2025
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/poem

Oh why wonโ€™t the fish come to me? as an angler that is my plan; they seem to just leave me be, sang a lonely old fisherman. There he sat…

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Read more about the article Tomorrow is already here
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Tomorrow is already here

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  • Post published:September 5, 2025
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/poem

Everyone wants peace, but only some of them are trying. Meanwhile, talks are prolonged again, as people are starving; dying. Why keep on stalling? As the world is watching and…

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Peace Crossroads

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  • Post published:September 3, 2025
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The road to peace is hard. It is long; unjust and weary. The giving in, or giving up, after giving all, is scary. But, it takes far more courage, than…

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Read more about the article Angel and Snowman and the Christmas Star
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Angel and Snowman and the Christmas Star

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  • Post published:December 12, 2024
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/Christmas/poem

Angel and Snowman were happy, sitting by the tall green Christmas tree, admiring all the bright decorations, and the colourful things they could see.   There were baubles and tinsel,…

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Read more about the article The Snowman
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The Snowman

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  • Post published:December 11, 2024
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/Christmas

He sat in my garden, for two weeks or more; I never saw anything like it before.   We had only rolled snowballs as large as a hand, and as…

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Read more about the article A Poem for Mothers
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A Poem for Mothers

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  • Post published:June 3, 2024
  • Post category:Brendan Martin/poem

She tirelessly waits, and eases your growing pains She watches you playing, and changes your clothes; She wipes up your mess, and washes your dishes, She dreams of her wishes,…

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