<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=523085" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Christmas Stockings</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Children far too young to realize <br>That some things in life you should prize<br>We had no jobs and no takings<br>Bare were the Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Scrounging colourful material <br>Lace, chintz and chiffon ethereal <br>Ribbons included in the making<br>A show for the Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Balls of red and green and scrap yarn<br>Imaginary faces darn'<br>On beautiful princess and kings<br>Displayed in the Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Plywood and some leftover paint<br>Canopy bed fit for a saint<br>Pea under mattress, her liking<br>Endured for the Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A penguin made of black felt<br>A hobgoblin with a scarlet belt<br>‘Gold' jewellery box, flaking<br>Accepted for the Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Coconut ice cut into stars<br>Liquorice plaited into bars<br>Brownies and tarts kept me baking<br>Produced for the Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My daughter was five that year<br>Son's smiles, laughter brought a tear<br>After all this time - despite mocking<br>Treasuring the Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Granddaughters, by the Grace of God<br>They look like two peas in a pod<br>Material gathered for the making<br>Of this year's two Christmas stockings</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Suzette+Crous">Suzette Crous</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=523085" data-title="The Christmas Stockings de Suzette Crous" data-description="Children far too young to realize That some things in life you should prize We had no jobs and no takings Bare were the Christmas stockings Scrounging colourful material Lace, chintz and chiffon ethereal Ribbons included in the making A show f..."></div> </div> </div>

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