Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

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Simple Christmas Memories

a few balls
on skinny limbs
of tinsel

a most
humble
christmas tree

I look back
at photos
child to teen

it was the
christmases
of our youth

these old photos
remind me of
growing up poor

they remind me
of joy from hearing
christmas carols

they remind me
of family reunions
with festive foods

a time when
grand-parents
were still with us

a time when
we were fulfilled
just being together

that beautiful
old pathetic
christmas tree

bearer of
loving memories
that will never dim


AP: 2nd place 2026, Honorable Mention 2025

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Paula Goldsmith December 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM Your "Simple Christmas Memories" is a lovely write with a great old picture. I long for those days. Today, is crazy. Great memories are the best kind to have. Have a lovely day writing away............ Line Gauthier December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM Simplifying Christmas is what it's become for me ~ happy holidays, Paula ~

sara Etgen-Baker December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM ours were always 'Charlie Brown" Christmas trees. Some years we couldn't afford a tree so dad would wait until Christmas Eve and go to the grocery store before it close and bought a tree for $1....we didn't care. We had a tree. Line Gauthier December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM What a marvelous story ~ I often say that growing up poor is a blessing