Twas the night before Christmas in the still of the night,
I awoke very suddenly and sat up with a fright.
There to my surprise came a wonderful site,
God’s son did appear on this Christmas Eve night.
I smiled at Him and was ready to say,
Jesus will be here on this Christmas day.
Then to my wonder and my surprise,
His face looked sad there were tears in His eyes.
I stared at Him and looked straight at His face,
Then as He spoke I bowed in disgrace.
The voice that I heard wasn’t kind and stern,
The sound of it made both my ears burn.
I heard an elderly woman that her family forgot.
A poor single mother with three teens and a tot,
A brave young soldier in a far away land,
The disabled and sick that just needed a hand,
I heard voices crying as if all had been lost,
But to help them out would be such a great cost.
Then Jesus turned as if going to leave,
Instead He knelt down and started to grieve.
I ask what I could do to ease His pain,
His tears flowed harder just like the rain.
Feed the hungry, help those that are poor.
Help your working wife by just mopping the floor.
Lift up the elderly and show them your love.
Tell the lost about heaven above.
Help the widow raise up her child.
Lift someone’s spirit with a hello and a smile.
Visit a hospital to comfort those there.
Show love to an inmate who no longer cares.
Do something for someone other than you.
My word has told you what you should do.
As He arose back to heaven I heard him exclaim.
Remember I know each of you by name.
Children it’s sad at the celebration of my birth.
There is so much hate and no peace on earth.
So children of God at this Christmas season,
Do not forget that Jesus is the reason.
A contest entry
- Calling All Christmas Posts by daviscth.
450 points, ended December 20, 2007, 57 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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this was a very beautiful poem. Thanks for entering my contest. Sorry it's taking me so long to judge, but I have a lot of entries to read, and I am swamped with school work.
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Duh, I see that I did read it at Christmas time... whew what a short little memory I have! lol Oh well, it was well worth another read!
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One of the best parodies of "Twas the night" that I have ever read! I'm sorry to see this took silver when it deserves gold! Inspiring, uplifting and all around wonderful! Don't know how I missed this one at Christmas time!
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Thank you, I always loved the original powm, and wanted to put a spiritual spin to it.
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This poem touched my heart significantly. I know you were truly inspired in writing this poem. Thank you immensely for sharing.
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Thank you, and glad it touched you. I believe God sent these words to me, for me, and that I was to share them. Not saying I am a prophet, just that He inspired me.
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incredible, compassionate and so much humanity in your wonderful poem, the true meaning of christmas so wonderful to find a christmas poem that speaks the truth and so well done. love love love this. God bless
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Thank you, itholds a lot of personnel and Biblical feelings.
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Outstanding! Perfect in flow and rhyme and the message really says it all... the true reason for the season!
Blessings and best wishes!
Frogz~
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Thank you very much. I really loved writting it.
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This is awesome and a wonderful reminder
of just what this season and holiday is
all about! It only we all lived by this
poem, I think the world would be a much
better place to live in. Well done and
all the best to you with this one! Thanks
a lot for sharing this story here!
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Thank you, I always wanted to write one like the original poem, and up till this one nothing was good enough. Mostly thoughts for myself but others could feel this way too.
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i agree with the poets before me! this is very touching and amzing bravo!
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Thank you!
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This is such a great piece with a wonderful lesson for us all. Thank you so much for putting this in my contest. All the best luck at judging and Merry Christmas, Cathy
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Merry Christmas, and thanks for the positive thoughts.
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This truly is a meaningful poem which really talks about the reason for christmas.. Your poem will win this contest I hope because it talks about the things that sometimes we forget about..
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Thank you, and thanks for the vote of confidence.
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This is absolutely brilliant, touching and a true lesson to each and every one of us. Your wording was amazing. May each of us remember these lessons.
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Thank you, your opinion I respect so it does encourage me. Thank you again!
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This is absolutely amazing! A definite attention grabber and one that has ya hooked from start to finish. A wake up call for any who reads it for sure. Good luck in the contest
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Thank you, it got my attention writting it it.
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WOW , SUCH A WONDERFUL FLOW, AND SO DEEP, LOVE IT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, IT IS WHAT JESUS TAUGHT US. A TRUE AND BLESSED POEM GOD BLESS
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Thank you glad you liked it.
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if only it could be this way. thankyou
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Thank you, if it was this way it would be easier.
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