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Timmy's Journal - 18. Poetry Prompt 16 The Toy Makers Carol

My response to Prompt 16

Okay so AC's December poetry prompt #16 is Carols. Well I imagined writing about glittering snow, creatures of the woodlands, stars etc. However, it wasn't happening, so I said to myself, write something fun then. So here you are, hope it works for you and makes you smile if nothing else.

 

The Toy Makers Carol

 

It's always Santa gets the praise
Cuz he flies round the world
He's giving all his fancy toys
to all the girls and boys!

 

When you play upon your drum
Remember, remember
where your toys come from

 

For three hundred and fifty days
You’ll find us working hard
He forgets when he boards the sled;
Decked out in white and red

 

When you play upon your drum
Remember, remember
where your toys come from

 

Oh and don’t forget the reindeer
With Rudolph’s big red nose
Our Santa would be lost you know
Adrift in all that snow

 

When you play upon your drum
Remember, remember
where your toys come from

 

So at Christmas time please recall!
The ones who work so hard
Painting the toys and stocking shelves
It’s just us – Santa’s Elves!

 

When you play upon your drum
Remember, remember
where your toys come from

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
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Parker Owens

All those elves, toiling away! I can hear the busy-ness and see them hammering away. Though nowadays, they're probably pretty good at injection molding machines and 3-D CAD design, too. Great Carol!

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Headstall

Sorry, no 'likes' but this was wonderful and fun. You did a great job with the form, buddy... very Christmasy indeed... loved the chorus... it's catchy... cheers... Gary...

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Hey Tim

 

I have a new favourite Christmas Carol -- what a delightful little tune. :D

 

As always, nicely done. :):thumbup:

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AC Benus

Hi Tim! I like the concept a lot; we hear about Santa out in front, but not too much about his support staff, lol :yes:

 

As a Carol, it hits the points I had in mind with the prompt, namely, a beautifully lyric back and forth (here with 8 and 6 syllable lines), and a great refrain that can be repeated after each verse.

 

I would love to hear the music for this… Any GA composers out there willing to volunteer…?

 

Thanks for taking the challenge, and for posting a really charming example. Loved it!

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Defiance19

It did make me smile! That was very fun, I can see the magic happening as the elves work away!

 

Thank you Tim!

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skinnydragon

Whoah ...great Carol tim!

 

although I have to admit I was slightly worried you were going to reveal the toilers to be chained five year old kids in China :o ...until I exhaled at 'Elves' :gikkle:

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On 12/04/2015 08:23 AM, Parker Owens said:

All those elves, toiling away! I can hear the busy-ness and see them hammering away. Though nowadays, they're probably pretty good at injection molding machines and 3-D CAD design, too. Great Carol!

Hey Parker.. yeah, im sure they use 3d printers now.. it was fun to write this.. thanks for the review.

 

tim

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On 12/04/2015 08:38 AM, Headstall said:

Sorry, no 'likes' but this was wonderful and fun. You did a great job with the form, buddy... very Christmasy indeed... loved the chorus... it's catchy... cheers... Gary...

Thanks Gary. I appreciate your comments and support.. there are never enough likes.. thanks again,

 

tim

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On 12/04/2015 08:44 AM, Reader1810 said:

Hey Tim

 

I have a new favourite Christmas Carol -- what a delightful little tune. :D

 

As always, nicely done. :):thumbup:

Aw Reader, thank you so much reading or humming this. I appreciate it.. tim

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On 12/04/2015 08:54 AM, WolfM said:

Great job on this, tim :)

Hey thanks Wolf! It was fun and not as horrible as i thought it would be. Thanks buddy for reading, as always.

 

tim

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On 12/04/2015 09:00 AM, R J Drew said:

I can smell the hot chocolate with marshmallows and smell the pine in the air. lol Thanks for the festive treat.

OH RJ!! Wow, oh thats wonderful this lil carol brings out all these delicious Christmasy treats and smells.

 

tim

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On 12/04/2015 12:00 PM, AC Benus said:

Hi Tim! I like the concept a lot; we hear about Santa out in front, but not too much about his support staff, lol :yes:

 

As a Carol, it hits the points I had in mind with the prompt, namely, a beautifully lyric back and forth (here with 8 and 6 syllable lines), and a great refrain that can be repeated after each verse.

 

I would love to hear the music for this… Any GA composers out there willing to volunteer…?

 

Thanks for taking the challenge, and for posting a really charming example. Loved it!

Thanks AC, it was fun to write. I realized the serious thing wasn't happening for me. Well you ask for 8686, you'll get it. Thank you for your great prompts .. i've learned a lot but still have a lot of them to do!!

 

thanks again for your support

 

tim

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On 12/04/2015 12:51 PM, dughlas said:

That was fun.

Hi dugh! Good I'm glad it was, that was what I wanted. Thanks for reading

 

tim

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On 12/04/2015 03:20 PM, Defiance19 said:

It did make me smile! That was very fun, I can see the magic happening as the elves work away!

 

Thank you Tim!

Hey Def. Glad this made you smile. Always a good day when I can do that. Thanks for your support and your comments.

 

tim

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On 12/05/2015 03:04 PM, skinnydragon said:

Whoah ...great Carol tim!

 

although I have to admit I was slightly worried you were going to reveal the toilers to be chained five year old kids in China :o ...until I exhaled at 'Elves' :gikkle:

Oh SkinnyD!! Good grief. Lol. Well I'm glad i didnt go with my original plan then!!

Thanks for the support

 

tim

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On 12/13/2015 06:09 PM, aditus said:

Yes! Bang the drum for the elves! I liked this a lot, Tim.

Oh my! I'm so late! I'm sorry aditus! Thanks for reviewing this Carol. It was good to write something, not serious.. for me at least. Thanks again for reading it and leaving a comment. I appreciate it.

 

tim

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