The Night Before Christmas (Bloggers Version)

Yeah, I know, there have been so many versions of this written that it starts to get sickening. But guess what? You’re going to have to punish through another poorly written “The Night Before Christmas”  sort of poem. It was just for fun and really more of a tribute to  all of you to let you know I appreciate your visits and your friendships. I couldn’t possibly mention everyone by name, but I managed to work in the names of some of your blogs.

So here goes…

T’was the night before Christmas ‘round the old blogosphere,

The bloggers were all sleeping; it had been a great year.

By the looks of their stats they were becoming well known,

Their reputations on the internet had steadily grown.

 

But lo in the darkness one blogger was posting,

Someone named Laura, her blogging friends she was toasting.

To let them all know just how appreciated they are,

All her friends on the internet the near and the far.

 

To all of the bloggers who stopped by last year,

Your comments were welcomed, your friendships so dear,

Together we shared, the good and the bad,

The books that we’d published, the spam that we’d had

 

To the ones “Freshly Pressed” your subscriptions were rising,

Not sure how you did it, but I am kind of surmising, 

That word tags and content is what does the trick

To Carol, Linda and Wendy, it was really quite slick

 

To see your great blogs on the “Freshly Pressed” stage,

Was really quite something, you were all the rage,

A little excitement to keep spirits high,

And to make all this blogging stuff feel worthwhile.

 

Here’s to those times when “I know I made you smile,”

And to the “five cats” who stroll along the blogosphere mile

While we might not be “Herding Cats in Hammond River,” it is plain

Trying to think up great content sometimes boggles our brains

 

I hope you don’t mind these  “ramblings from the left“

Some times I’m “….half awake and sleeping ” and not very deft

But as “A New Day Dawns“, I’ll  still be “Write here, write now“

And all my online friends should really take a bow.

 

To those times you might have thought I was “Out of my mind”

When really dear bloggers there is nothing more sublime

Than “Doing the Write Thing” on the blogging scene

Those who post every day, you are really quite keen. 

 

Had it not been for blogging we never would have met

Even  the”Brightest Blue” sky can’t replace the time I’ve spent

Reading Careann’s Musings and the “Cluclutz writer’s “posts,

I have added so many in Google Reader, I’d kind of like to boast.

 

To be sure there are blogging “moments that take your breath away,”

We’re living a”A Life Less Ordinary“, all we really have is today,

To share our thoughts at one moment in time,

I know this poem is bad, I’m just trying to make it rhyme.

 

While some blogs just got started, others faded to the dust

You need to  post in the New Year, oh really, really  must!

For what would I do if you all disappeared?

I’d be all alone in the old blog-hemisphere.

 

So to ALL of you bloggers my hat goes off to you,

There was no way I could fit all your names in, it is true.

Just know in your hearts that this message is for you

So “Unleash the Flying Monkeys” and Happy New Year to you too!

 

So, I promised a poorly written poem and I delivered.

Now feel free to add your own lines in the comment section, use your own name or the name of your blog if you wish  because we could keep this going on forever if we wanted to. Note: I said if we wanted to….. In the meantime I hope you had a giggle enjoy the holidays!

 

Posted by Laura Best on December 20, 2011

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