Christmas Lantern
Blooms
Christmas lantern
on their jack fruit tree
like the brightest star
they admire in their rainbow
dreams.
To cut
Bamboo sticks,
under briers they crawled.
Night and day, they saw
how their Christmas lantern grow.
With its bare skeleton,
it looked first so hungry,
and they saw how it grow.
With
its yellow attires,
they thought it looked so proud.
Their sweat swings high now.
With their food, and gentle
care,
it blooms on their Jack fruit tree
like their brightest star,
kindling
their kindred hearts with festive moons.
*A 2nd Place* in the following contest (judged on Dec. 22, 2020)
Dec. 15, 2020
Christmas Poems Old or New Poetry Contest
Contest sponsor: Constance La France
Copyright © Newton Ranaweera | Year Posted 2020
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