Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

Ringing In the New Year

Chill the champagne
Activate the festive flair
Turn on our tv set
Tune in to Dick Clark’s
New Year Rockin’ Eve

Enjoy the lively entertainment
Times Square becomes
The center of our universe
The crowd is jubilant
Excitement roars
And culminates

The old year almost over
We join the countdown
Wholeheartedly and loud
There is no going back
Up and up in anticipation
For the celebrated ball drop

Five four three two one
Let’s pour the bubbly
And raise our glass
Hugs and kisses
For all our loved ones
It’s magical and surreal

Another year gone by
We turn the page
Goodbye Hello
We start anew
Dreams launched free
Exhilarate with possibilities  



AP: 3rd place 2026, 3rd place 2025

Submitted on February 7, 2020 for contest STRAND NO.670 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  Honorable Mention

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Caren Krutsinger February 5, 2020 at 4:47 PM "We start anew" - let's do this every day!

M. L. Kiser February 5, 2020 at 12:36 PM That's the way, Happy New Year!

Gershon Wolf February 4, 2020 at 3:09 PM Perhaps no coincidence that you've posted this cheerful poem right about on the date of the Chinese New Year. Those folks can certainly use a dose of good cheer!... They may want to change their year from that of the Rat to the Year of the Bat! Poor China! What a plague they're dealing with! ~ Gershon Line Gauthier February 4, 2020 at 3:22 PM Indeed what a tragedy. What I remember of the year of the Rat is that it's very practical... zero in on fixing the problem at hand. Thankfully China seems to have quickly gone on FIX IT mode. This certainly has got the world's attention.