Christmas Is Sin Poem by Ebi Robert

Christmas Is Sin

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I do not say Christmas is sin
when it is no sin.
But I say Christmas is sin
because it is sin and no sin.

Christmas is sin when
fathers honour a day not learned.
Christmas is sin when
mothers test the hand of their husbands.
Christmas is sin when
hardship becomes harder.
Christmas is sin when
the price of rice rises to rank
and garri grabs guts.

Christmas is sin when
men go drunk and
mothers give birth to beggars.
Christmas is sin when
silence knocks out the gun-sound.
Christmas is sin when
men see with their ears.
Christmas is sin when
tourist site is occupied with naked women.
Christmas is sin when
Christmas is not everyday.
Christmass is sin when
Christ has no birthday.

Christmas is Christmas
as Christmas is an anniversary of the
crucification.

Christmas is sin when
men celebrate and not leberate.
Who then can be happy for the birth of an enemy?
Christmas is no sin, when Christmas is Christ,
but Christmas is sin, when Christmas is crime.

THE END

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COMMENTS OF THE POEM
A. Ester 28 December 2011

I Like this, nice poem.

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Robert Beck 28 December 2011

Written with deep though

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Uche Chidozie 02 January 2012

Not only you on that side, am with you, thanks for sharing

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Hazel Durham 26 October 2015

Chrisrmas should be full of goodness but this is rare as the reality of people starving and children crying is behind the glossy veil of Christmas! Great write!

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Bharati Nayak 26 October 2015

A wonderful write-finding the meaning of' Christmas'- -Christmas is no Christmas when it is celebrated without the proper spirit of Christianity.that is the sacrifice for others.When there is drudgery, when a child can not have the means to celebrate a birth day, spending lavishly without caring for the poor is a sin.In the words of the poet- Christmas is sin When Christmas is not everyday Christmas is sin when Christ has no birthday.- - Thanks for this impressive writing and also inviting me to read your poems.- - - - -10

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Neetha Sasidharan 06 January 2012

true.... nice poem..nice wordings...

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Ifedayo Oshin 03 January 2012

waow! great poem indeed.. the last three lines did it for me...... and it is very an unconventional way of looking at christmas.. goood work Ebi! may the fount river run dry!

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Dave Walker 03 January 2012

A great poem, a great write.

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