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11th December 2025

Today we've got a poem for you, it's by Adam's father Kenn, and it is called Ampersand. &  I get lots of cards at Christmas from Relatives and Friends. They start around December First, the blizzard never ends. Some come from individuals, like those who live alone. But with those who send from more than one, I’d like to pick a bone. They’ll write “From John and Janet” or maybe “Jack and Jill”, It’s sometimes “Fred and Family” or even “Liz and Phil”. But instead of writing A. N. D. to spell the short word “AND” They do a little squiggle and pretend it’s “Ampersand”. I’ve already had a few this year, they’re hanging on the wall. Some of them look like an 8 and the rest, nothing-at-all, One or two look like a lower-case E or a C that’s been turned round, Or a Number 3 with a line through it, are among those that I’ve found. I don’t object so strongly, but don’t you think you should Get round to doing it properly? I’m certain that you could. Remember all you need to do is s...

9th December 2015

Today's post is taken from Brian Bilston's Poetry Advent Calendar :

15th December 2014

BC:AD by U.A. Fanthorpe (born 1929) This was the moment when Before Turned into After, and the future's Uninvented timekeepers presented arms. This was the moment when nothing Happened. Only dull peace Sprawled boringly over the earth. This was the moment when even energetic Romans Could find nothing better to do Than counting heads in remote provinces. And this was the moment When a few farm workers and three Members of an obscure Persian sect Walked haphazard by starlight straight Into the kingdom of heaven.

16th December 2013

Two things by people called Dave today: Our friend Dave Walker draws cartoons, but has so many things on the go - CartoonChurch.com , CyclingCartoons.com , not to mention his own site . And as well as doing his own Advent Calendar of Cartoons ( web link , Facebook link ) he has drawn a Christmas cartoon for Greenpeace's Save The Arctic campaign : Dave Hopwood is a Christian writer and speaker, particularly focusing on faith and film. His website is at http://davehopwood.com/ Here is his poem, "The First Day Of Christmas": On the first day of Christmas all this was sent to me: Twelve hours of travelling,  Eleven room refusals,  Ten smelly stables,  Nine months pregnant.  Eight hours of labour -  Seven animals watching,  Six o’clock birth  Five minutes peace.  Four shepherds,  Three wise men,  Two startled doves,  And a baby to set the world free.