Gift Gaffe

Hello Poetry Lovers

Oh yes, one of the rituals of Yuletide is wrapping presents. Finding this an oddly joyless task, I just had to republish this wonderful humorous piece by Sharron Green from 2022.

Talented poet and one third Booming Lovely, Sharron sums up this frustrating caper so well. Do read on…

Gift Gaffe

Sellotape and wrapping paper
one the glue,the other draper,
send me on a merry caper
every Christmas Eve.

Sellotape is always hiding,
often stunted, never gliding,
won’t respond to threats or chiding,
highly prone to cleave.

Wrapping paper does my head in,
sometimes gifts won’t be seen dead in
shapes that gape they look unfed in
– Shame you won’t believe! 

So it’s just as well this season,
poor performance isn’t treason,
saving paper is the reason,
there’s wrapping reprieve.

rhymes_n_roses 2022

Wasn’t that a marvellous piece?! How many of us have been ‘tied up’ this way?! Thank you so much, Sharron. More please!

Thanks for tuning in, PL’s. Happy wrapping. We’ll be back with more Christmas action real soon….