12-12-2013, 10:29 PM
Thanks for the clarification Keith, and yep I think you've got a point.
Helospian, I enjoyed your interesting comments, because your read of the poem is quite different from mine, and I love that. Thanks so much for spending time with this piece.
As for some explanations about what I have in my head: Charlie is Charlie Brown yes, or anyone else if that's what you want. ;D The secret was meant to be simply the decorations which aren't visible from outside, so what's the point in putting them up? Before it was always his wife, now deceased, who decorated. Despite his grumbles he can't really imagine the holiday without the tree etc, so he struggles with it but at the end it brings back happy memories. Generally I hate explaining my poetry but since you shared your vision of what you thought it was, I thought I'd share mine. =] But by all means, stick with your reading of it!!
-justcloudy
Helospian, I enjoyed your interesting comments, because your read of the poem is quite different from mine, and I love that. Thanks so much for spending time with this piece.
As for some explanations about what I have in my head: Charlie is Charlie Brown yes, or anyone else if that's what you want. ;D The secret was meant to be simply the decorations which aren't visible from outside, so what's the point in putting them up? Before it was always his wife, now deceased, who decorated. Despite his grumbles he can't really imagine the holiday without the tree etc, so he struggles with it but at the end it brings back happy memories. Generally I hate explaining my poetry but since you shared your vision of what you thought it was, I thought I'd share mine. =] But by all means, stick with your reading of it!!
-justcloudy
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The howling beast is back.
The howling beast is back.