Mark Pirie's Christmas poem 'Comedy'

Since it's the Christmas season, I'll post a Christmas poem of mine from last year. It appears this year in the Earl of Seacliff Christmas Surprise 2010 (a free booklet/gift for their friends and clients in the spirit of The Beatles who gave away a free record to their fans at Christmas time). It mentions cricket (naturally) and Bob Dylan.

MARK PIRIE

Comedy

At New Year,

I often flick between

cricket and Best Albums

lists on Amazon.

In Comedy’s Top 10

Bob Dylan’s listed

for his first ever

Christmas album.

Despite good intentions

to feed the multitude,

even at Christmas time,

it seems the critics

won’t let it pass

them by. Dylan?

Christmas sing-along?

What’s he doing?

The great can’t

escape the carping.

But the poor, the struggling

do escape starving.

Poem © Mark Pirie 2010

Thanks to Brian E. Turner for compiling the anthology.

(From Earl of Seacliff Christmas Surprise 2010, ESAW, Paekakariki)