Gregory Richard Barden | + Follow Poet |
Couplet | + Fav Poem | Comment | Email | Print |

A Christmas Coupling Couplet

It seems not everyone adores
Witty phrasing or metaphors

     But this time of year's so dark
     I thought I'd fan a yuletide spark

See, it's winter and I'm listless
Still, I'll have a Merry Christmas

          As my blues all change their hue
          With that holiday treat called YOU

Thus, my spirits shall get a lift
Unwrapping you, my favorite gift

     As your pretty bows and stackage
     Make a tempting yuletide package

How you'll glow, (and I'll perspire)
While we're roasting 'side the fire

          Santa just can't fill your stocking
          As you do whene'er we're rocking

How my Christmas spirit grows
When your spicy wassail flows

     And the mistletoe's well-traveled
     As your wrappings get unraveled

My febrile fantasies are ticking
With that candy cane you're licking

          Since you've sent my feelings south
          I'll have to taste that sticky mouth

See, the way we paraphrase
Our form of Happy Holidays

     Is sure to keep us ever-warming
     Even if the winds are storming

And as we're slowing, growing old
We'll find our refuge from the cold

          Reliving times that we replay ...
          And making Christmas ... every day.

Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2018

Please Login to post a comment

Charles Messina Date: 12/19/2018 5:44:00 AM I love this, Greg. A well seasoned poem. Great work dear friend. Charlie Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 12/22/2018 6:01:00 PM Very kind of you, my friend, I'm pleased you enjoyed this ... I love to write with such adult innuendo, it's truly fun! Blessings and thanks to you, My Poet Brother! :-)

Jan Allison Date: 12/19/2018 4:18:00 AM a lovely string of seasonal couplets Greg:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 12/19/2018 4:37:00 AM Thank you so much, Jan :-)

Tom Cunningham Date: 12/19/2018 2:57:00 AM A lovely string of couplets Gregory, I'm trying not to think naughty lol. Hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas. Tom. P.S. Good luck. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 12/19/2018 4:11:00 AM Thanks so much, Tom, blessings for your kindness, my friend! :-)

Wendy Watson Date: 12/19/2018 2:08:00 AM Yes, so many stand-alone fun couplets here,Nick. Which is just as well as the competition only requested ONE so thankfully you have plenty to choose from! I should get in quickly as the contest is nearly closing. Best wishes Wendy Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 12/19/2018 4:11:00 AM Oh, dear lord, I'd better get ON that, lol ... thank you so much for the heads-up, Wendy, I would have been DQ'd ... I must be getting old, haha! Blessings! :-) <3

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 12/18/2018 10:19:00 PM you aced it Gregory, ever witty couplet brought a smile to my face. Winning wishes are being sent your way . Merry Christmas dear Poet. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 12/19/2018 4:10:00 AM Thank you so much, but I had to write another as Andrea wanted only ONE couplet, (thanks to Wendy's heads-up) ... blessings, my friend! :-)