Image: Scrooge's Ghostly Third Visitor
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What the dickens! One is to encroach
on the once sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge
Following ghostly visits, his transformation
To one lauded later for its compassion
A Christmas Carol a novella by Dickens
Traced life's journey the author had taken
Inspired by humiliating childhood experiences
and outright sympathy for the down-trodden
Supernatural visits by the three Ghosts
of the Past, Present and Yet to Come
Was instrumental in effecting in Scrooge
A character change later in life of one
The tale had been viewed as a dig and an indictment
Of ills of the 19th-century industrial capitalism
Written for Ella's Wonder Wednesday #12 at Poets United with prompt -Scrooge- and
d'Verse's OpenLinkNight week #73
no one likes a scrooge.. lol! But who doesn't love a Christmas Carol? Nice post!
ReplyDeleteI love the way this poem is a summary of the dickens classic, welldone
ReplyDeleteI think there is hope in the world even for those Scrooges among us. Nice summary, Hank!
ReplyDeleteIf scrooge can turn
ReplyDeleteThen so can most
Giving some hope
Thanks to a not so friendly ghost
I love how you took a classic path!
ReplyDeleteDickens would love it~
Well Done :D
what is interesting to me is that even scrooge can change...sometimes we have to have quite the fright to realize it like him...but in that i find hope for all of us...smiles.
ReplyDeleteGood one, Hank - what would Dickens think of THIS century's capitalism? We are due for another Transformation:)
ReplyDeleteI'm certain that we can all change. Hopefully, we don't need a ghost to motivate us. Ha.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ella...Dickens would have loved this :)
ReplyDeleteThe thing I like about Scrooge the most is that he had the courage, finally, to change. It isn't easy to do, especially at his age. I didn't know what had inspired the story, thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteHank,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your 'take' of the old story. A most fitting response to the old tale; which may well return to haunt some of the Scooges in the world today!!!!
Best Wishes,
Eileen:)
Of the greatness of classical authors is their ability to creat characters which remain to be quoted in literary work of today.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Scrooge changing :) a good one, enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI think I prefer your account to Dickens's! Well told.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad even nasty Scrooge was able to mend his ways and make amends to those he'd caused to suffer. Nice telling of it Hank.
ReplyDeletePerfectly said. You and Dickens are genius at summing things up. (I actually think you're a better writer than he, but please keep that between you and me in case he reads this and gets his feelings hurt. Thansk!
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