Nightmare before there was a Christmas

Nightmare before there was a Christmas

 

Ring the bells, ring ding a dingaling,

up and down the bells ring.

 

Sound the bell of those who have not,

sing of a time better then we have.

 

In the streets the children play,

Sing of good tidings and meals set for a King.

 

Do you have a piece of bread?

 

It doesent matter for the ones who have not.

hunger is just a part of life they live.

 

Ring a ding a ling,

how full is the plate you put your food on?

 

Still the bells toll,

how many could they have fed?

 

Reviews

[Blue]

You stirred something in me that made me want to donate the Snickers bar (that I'm munching now) to the unfortunates.

[ron]

Wow. Thank you.

[TheHumbledChild]

You never cease to amazing Ron
Another great poem from a great writer 😏🙌😁😊

[ron]

Thank you.

[s y e]

I liked this one Ron, quite a deep poem. I love the poetic techniques you used here. I agree with my wee Diamond (Lydi) if we gave more to the country then I think it would be a step closer to making the world slightly better........ I think!

Made me think, I loved it.

[ron]

Thank you Sye. Yes it would.

[Lydia Shutter]

It's true, we should be feeding the hungry far more than we do in this country. If everyone gave just a little bit, it would be such a huge help. I liked the onomatopoeia. Very compassionate poetry. Lydi**

[ron]

Thank you Lidia. What is an onomatopoeia?

[Lydia Shutter]

It is a word that imitates the sound it makes....like "Ring a ding a ling".

[ron]

Ah, thank you.

[Lydia Shutter]

The fact you used that poetic device without knowing what it was shows you have poetic talent!

[ron]

You are very sweet Lydia. You better stop before my ego starts to grow lol. Thank you.

[Lydia Shutter]

Not a word, not a syllable! :)

[ron]

Lol. Actually I don't take my self to seriously.

[Lydia Shutter]

That's very wise. In life, the less serious we take ANYTHING, the better off we are.

[Vidya Bacchus]

This is interesting Ron very different theme from what you usually write.Well written for sure :)

[ron]

Thank you Vidja :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are welcome :)

[Frieda P]

Deep one ron, is there a reason why you separated night mare? Lots of food for thought in this profound write. Killer last line...

Fix 'toll' my ocd is getting the best of me ;-)

[ron]

Lol. Thank you Frieda. I will

[ron]

I thought night mare was suppose to be separated.

[Frieda P]

I've never seen it that way, thought you were referring to a horse ;-)

[ron]

Lol no, I will have to change it ;-)

[Frieda P]

I know, i was confuzzeled when I first started reading, thought it was going to be about wild horses or something ha ;-)

[ron]

lol.......

[Frieda P]

Ring a ding ding perfect now. ;-)

[Candy M]

This is very interesting. Were the spelling errors intentional? I love the use of onomatopoeia!

[ron]

No they were not intentional. Thank you for reading.

[Sharon L.H. Kelly]

Powerful and vivid contrasts, well expressed.

[ron]

Thank you Sharon.

[Lyn Anderson]

I really like the feel of this one. This is a side of you that you are expressing more and it is really good. That said, a few minor tweaks Christmas you missed the R, there are a few apostrophes missing, and it should be better THAN. As for the bells tole -- I assume you intended it to have a double meaning there.:)

[ron]

Thank you KL. Not sure if I meant for them to have a double meaning.