Hi Cubby, Your Christmas Day Dinner popped up at Read and Review and I am here to share my thoughts on your poem.

First impression Odd that your poem pops up a week before Easter, but given the weather outside lately, it is freezing outside, isn't that crazy? The colored font, the title certainly suggest the season which for me is usually busy but full of family and I love it.

The Frame Written in 6, alternating 6.5.6.5 syllabic quatrains with staggered sequential rhyme, xaxa xbxb xcxc etc., x being unrhymed.

Texture, rhythm, word choice, and sonics The reads like a song with a fluid rhythm. Various family members are included by name which makes this sound very personal.

Suggestions L13, delete the word "are", it is unnecessary and it creates the only 7 syllable line in the poem. Deleting the word, smoothes the rhythm and brings the line into sync with the rest of the syllabic pattern. This is just my opinion. It is your poem, please use what you find helpful and ignore the rest.

Overall Reading this felt like family. Love and joy are present and it was perfect to read for my mood today. Thank you.

~~Tink

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