Christmas Tanka Poems

A slight comic gust
as vivid  autumn colour
turns laughing  dervish
we sense  the quasi-winter
prelude to Halloween fare

Back to school urchins
scream with joy to spite...

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snow covered gravestone
monument to lost childhood
cold harsh memories
abandoned hope, love and dreams
never a Christmas blanket
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In the freezing night
In the cold world of mankind
In Mary’s warm arms
Laid burning love wrapped in flesh
An incinerating light  
...

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white flakes blow on air 
leaving mists on window pane 
like frozen gray smoke 
while the ground shines in silver 
and trees are capped in...

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Christmas--joyous time
any way you can take it
but what a dear and 
priceless time Poetry Soup 
friends like you surely make it

Merry Christmas, Bill and Sara...

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poinsettias blooming
on someone else’s mantel -
clearly I see them
guarded by two nutcrackers
and cheered on by crackling fire
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My Yuletide joy is
To feed poor and hungry ones
Come in from the sleet
The parents humbly thank God
Children sing the song Noel...

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autumn in full swing
Christmas being overswung
a big retail axe
gashing pocketbooks early
will pause on the thirty first...

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On this Super Bowl Sunday, it is good to go to the house of the Lord.

SUPER SUNDAY

triple layer cold
‘rising in Christmas plaid and socks
a Sunday...

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angel all in white
sits atop the silent night
year’s coming to end
Christmas tree-dress still pretty
silver garland winding down

12/29/2022...

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chill days slowly danced
winter's hues changed tree's leaves shed
gift to my husband
and I on Christmas we wed
welcoming new beginnings

12/14/2022


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gripped with Christmas hope
hearts besought heavenly grace
special gift from God 
as Dad** struggled for blest breath
then left us midst peace of faith

*Romans 15:13 - Now...

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whiteness - a canvas
draws blanks  but  the brush mothers
   the infantile mind
      the out of reach...

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