Victorian Christmas EveThere is happy ado on the old farmstead as Yuletide draws nigh!
Wondrous things to savor as gales blow and snow begins to fly!
The tempest rages for days - they will surely be snowbound,
But a blazing fire warms the Victorian home - love and cheer abound!
Since early in July Pa has had his eye on a...
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Categories:
christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Victorian Christmas Past
Upon a grassy hill, so long ago,
our lovely, old Victorian-style home
was built in eighteen eighty-six, aglow
with cozy rooms and firesides burning bright.
So charming were the winding stairs that flared
neath the cathedral ceiling's chandelier.
Outdoors, a rolling lawn and gardens spread
beside a stony brook that rambled on.
A time I still remember- Christmas Day
in nineteen fifty-three- age...
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Categories:
christmas, tribute,
Form: Blank verse
A Christmas PoemRing ting ting-a-ling,
Its that jolly old fat man
With a belly full of jelly,
And that jingle from long long ago...
Ding-dong, ding-dong--
It's that sleigh of reindeer who fly in the sky
That laughter and singing from below and on high--
This is the season
To have a good reason
Ring ting ting-a-ling,
To forget others transgressions and petty deceptions
To join the happy,...
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Categories:
5th grade, christmas,
Form: Free verse
FireworksThey rise and sparkle and crackle,
Shaming the nakedness of the skies
And the city, with one frightful flame of
Youth,
Burning with the zest of
Seasonal lore.
At Christmas, they salute the days
Creamed by snow and sleet,
Thrusting in us the wisdom of
Global ceremonies.
They are the lightning of Yuletide —
Lightning unaccompanied by rain.
Shaped in balls and spears, and lean
Fragments of flagrant...
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Categories:
anniversary, celebration, christmas, easter,
Form: Free verse
ChristmasChristmas is a long song sung in winter,
An epic poem written with white quill feather pen and
Gold ink, and on clouds of paper,
Beginning from a sneezing December to a
Dizzying twelfth-calendar month,
When snow drizzles gently into the souls of
Those who hearken to the tinkling sound of
The church bell which rings gently with the weight of
The slow-passing...
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Categories:
christmas, winter,
Form: Free verse
Echoes of a Victorian ChristmasMen in tailored suits
and satin waistcoats,
gold watches peeking
out of their pockets,
walked arm in arm
with women in wide skirts ~
hooped,
crinolined,
elegantly sculpted.
Their tight corsets tease each careful traipse,
leaving traces of elegance and opulence...
dotting the streets at Christmastime
with exaggerated silhouettes.
They kissed under mistletoe ~
hung in doorways,
each kiss claiming a berry
until none were...
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Categories:
christmas, happiness, history, joy,
Form: Narrative
A Victorian ChristmasOut in the streets,
A Church bell cries
Under a misletoe,
A couple shares a delightful surprise
Marking the advent of dusk
Streetlights ignite
Flaunting the excitements
Of the christmas that lies
A family joins around the christmas tree,
Ready to enjoy their company on this charming eve
Handmade gifts light jubilant smiles
Changing time on tiny sun dials
Laughs and smiles come to a subtle...
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Categories:
christmas,
Form: Free verse
No Stress ChristmasThere's no stocking stuffed with presents
No punch bowl filled with cheer
We haven't got the tree, that
We didn't buy this year
No, turkey or a Ham
Nor chestnuts on the fire
No cookies filled with jam
Or puddings to desire
Chorus
No friends and no family
We're all alone at last
No ghost from Christmas Future
Present or the Past
...
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Categories:
christmas, stress,
Form: Lyric
Christmas Tree Lot
They dressed me up in tinsel
and lametta I recall
stood me in a corner
not as a wallflower
I was the belle of the ball
but now my needles shedding
the moment I've been dreading
limp lonely forgotten neglected
not long before I'm ejected
and two weeks later here am I
a sad and sorry sight to behold
enough to make one cry
discarded by the...
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Categories:
boxing day , children, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
T'was the Night Before Christmas- Not for ContestEverything was ready for Christmas Day.
New toys were wrapped for the children to play.
We had all decorated the Christmas Tree.
Gifts in pretty paper were placed carefully.
The stockings were hung.
We had rehearsed carols to be sung.
We were all snug in bed.
The children wishing it was morning instead.
When suddenly Father ran out in the snow.
For what, we...
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Categories:
christmas, missing,
Form: Rhyme
A Victorian Christmas CarolDid Robert Browning say it best when he
wrote, “winter takes the old ones”? Possibly.
Bronchitis, pthisis, whooping cough, T.B. –
they ran amock in 1863.
I trust it’s not too jarring if I jump
from modern miseries (ecoli, Trump)
to mid-Victorian London’s social rump,
and John Snow (doctor), and the Broad Street Pump.
The City Hall had never heard of germs.
They dealt...
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Categories:
christmas, history,
Form: Rhyme
A Child Of Light
In a land so far away on a dark
And balmy night,
The world lay peacefully knowing
All was calm and right.
But then at once there was a stir,far above in the sky
And in the indigo sky a star appeared
It filled above them with streaming
Beams across the sky .
It was the story the prophecy
It was...
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Categories:
christmas,
Form: Other
Auld Lang SighsIt doesn’t happen everyday
Through perilous weather, flies Santa’s sleigh
Reflecting in the Winter sun
Are its legs, in gunmetal grey
Yet as Christmas Eve turns to Morning
Falling behind red-silk and cotton
Among the frost
One’s mind is lost
And all else is forgotten
The children play with what was brought
Without as much as a second thought
From where these marvellous gifts came
Or in...
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Categories:
christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Untitled 5My love, it looks like summer days with a bit of shade.
Singing birds dancing upon your grace
Rainbows are crying at the beauty that you paint
An everyday Christmas when you're awake
You are a gift to me
Cherishing how your hand sparkles
Feet smoother than any babies
Sweet Carmel skin
My love looks like winter but is always...
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Categories:
christmas, appreciation, confidence, friendship love,
Form: Free verse
Christmas at the Kids Tablered linen table cloths with white lace overlays
sprinkles of confetti shaped like snowflakes
evergreen plaid napkins rolled into a Santa napkin holder
Holly berry china, only brought out one time each year
Santa Claus cups and Rudolph candles
Every part of the table is yelling “Christmas!”
red and green Jello cubes
rice Krispie treats shaped like Frosty the snowman
Everyone wants to...
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Categories:
christmas,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Christmas Poems
Read wonderful christmas poetry on the following sub-topics:
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and more.
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Poems Related to Christmas
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