Newton Ranaweera Poet Free verse

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

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Constance La France December 24, 2020 at 1:35 AM Newton, congratulations on your win in my Christmas Poem old or new contest with this wonderful poem, nice image too ! Merry Christmas _Constance Newton Ranaweera December 24, 2020 at 7:24 AM Thank you so much for great comment, congrats and the Christmas wishes, Constance!! Wish you Merry Christmas!!

Sam Kauffman December 22, 2020 at 11:18 AM Newton, your "lantern" is truly a gift of light in the darkness. Thank you for sharing your poetic light and congratulations on your win! Merry Christmas! Newton Ranaweera December 22, 2020 at 3:20 PM Thank you so much, Sam, for this impressively great comment and the congrats!!