Sinterklaasavond
As you probably know by now, I am in Amsterdam. A project has brought me here, so I will be working with my company’s Amsterdam office for two weeks. It’s a little lonely, but this past weekend Tiffany came to visit. We had a wonderful time together. I will be posting pictures soon, but I’ll let Tiffany tell you all about the weekend.
I’ve been enjoying my time in the Amsterdam office. They’ve been exposing me to Dutch culture. Today, for example, was Sinterklaasavond, the traditional Dutch gift-giving day when Sinterklaas and his Moorish helpers visit Dutch children to leave a sack of presents. I’m told that it is becoming more common to give gifts on Christmas day, but Sinterklaasavond is still popular among the Dutch youngsters. It isn’t a day off from work, but from what I gather, one would typically get together with family for diner.
According to my guidebook, it is also customary for friends give poems caricaturing each other, so here goes. Ahem…
You are our loyal blog reader.
You come here to practice the skills you gained at a young age.
Whether you learned phonetically or traditionally, you are literate.
You read our stories presumably for entertainment.
You sometimes read at home,
Occasionally, you read at work,
And now that you have a wireless router,
you like to read in the loo, too.
You sometimes read regularly.
You get upset when we don’t post.
Our lives are too busy.
You sometimes read sporadically.
Your life is too busy.
We get lonely.
Your comments make us happy.
Joy fills us.
We like to hear from you.
Note the complete lack of rhyme and rhythm. I guess this would be a “free form” poem, or maybe just a “bad” poem. Next time I post a poem I promise I’ll work on it a little more.
