Wednesday's Verse - Last Minute Repairs

This week’s verse moves from a science fiction verse about solar starships to a fantasy verse about emergency repairs to a sleigh. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry, a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016.

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Last Minute Repairs

I looked upon the sleigh and knew

that Christmas just might well be through.

Unless the runner could be fixed,

this evening’s delivery would be nixed,

so I set out with axe and chainsaw,

and skiddoo and tower and hoped that thaw

would not set in at all too soon,

for across the lake was the best of ash

cured and stored and ready at last.

If I had to go round, two days it would take,

and never would these deliveries he make.

I hurried, harnessed up the dogs,

headed out in the morning fog,

reached the shed by late afternoon,

brought back the timber by the light of the moon,

repaired the runner without delay,

used steam to bend, and screwed it to the sleigh,

called out to the boss that it was on the mend,

and he’d be in the air, if he’d the reindeer send,

and that is why, on this particular night

I was awake when came the northern lights,

and I watched them dancing until dawn,

and saw the sleigh back in, on Christmas morn.

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You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year.

books2read.com/u/mVLQZb

books2read.com/u/bxgyLd