BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
SADIE
Joe F. Stierheim
Sadie pulled the collar of her coat more closely around her neck. The day wasn’t warming as it progressed but instead was growing colder; there would probably be snow before evening. The odor of frying peppers and onions came drifting down the street and she followed its lure to the eatery and stood examining the menu posted by the door. She fingered the lone (more…)
IN WINTERSCAPE…COMES THE SONG
Joan
A heavenly choir
Angelic voices to inspire
Displays of the Nativity
O Bethlehem in facsimile
Shades of red, paperwhites
Cherished seasonal rites
Candied fruit, nuts and berries
Also sugar plump fairies
A bough of shimmery pine
Frosty wreaths entwine
Hushed in a shiver of snow
Welcome lights aglow
Noel…
Simple and complete.
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Application #2
Years of Santa experience–ho, ho, ho
Capacity to chuckle
Willing to work with children
Possess sturdy lap
Owner of (more…)
A MIND SHATTERS
THE PHOTODOCTOR
a mind shatters
like a dropped plate
the glue that holds
your mind together
does not hold
your world falls apart
because the center
your mind
will not (more…)
SANTAS CLAUS’S WANTED—also MRS. SANTA CLAUS’S, ELVES AND REINDEER—IMMEDIATELY!!!—applications being accepted, from around the world, for the 2008 Christmas season. Please submit your resume’ immediately to: beaneryblog@yahoo.com (with the words SANTA APPLICATION, MRS. CLAUS APPLICATION, ELF APPLICATION or DEER APPLICATION in the subject line!
December 10, 2008
FROM:
Jessica Wreath
111 Single Street. Available,
South Pole 77133
TO:
Santa Claus
Director of Human Resources
North Pole International
777 Candy Cane Lane
North, Pole Universal 11111.
Dear Santa,
I am writing in regards to your advertisement in the Christmas Classifieds regarding the position of assistant to Santa. My objective is to anchor a permanent position with a bearded, jolly man who (more…)
(SANTA) SUED FOR NON-SUPPORT
RUSTIE
Rustie is a guest writer who has submitted poems to this site previously. He is a blind writer who composes and edits his poems on a tape recorder. Below is a spoof on Santa Claus.
As the judge looked down from his bench in the court,
It was plainly a case of non-support.
The thoughts that raced through his honor’s old head,
When he saw the white beard and the suit that was red.
He wanted to laugh for he thought it a joke,
But the woman who filed it declared (more…)
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SHE’S A CANDLE
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SHE’S A CANDLE
The Photodoctor
“A Christmas present
I wonder what”
squeezed and shook
weight pondered
“It’s a candle”
he said with a smile
“how passé”
says his friend
he shakes his head
and continues
“can’t you see
it’s Jesus’ light
that (more…)