Best Chanukah Poems
Below are the all-time best Chanukah poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of chanukah poems written by PoetrySoup members
Before ChanukahThe winter season brings in
the festival of light
in its wake
The battle which took place over a millennium ago
Still...
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Categories:
chanukah, holiday,
Form:
Concrete
Categories:
chanukah,
Form:
Haiku
Chanukah, AgainLights shining in
the night celebrate
the re - birth
of
the
spirit
Lights open the door
to the heart's deepest...
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Categories:
chanukah,
Form:
Concrete
'twas the Night‘Twas the night before Christmas and I didn’t care;
I had dozens of latkes I had to prepare.
The menorah was ready, with candles to light,
Waiting there...
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Categories:
chanukah,
Form:
Rhyme
Universal HolidaysNever had a Christmas tree
or some mistletoe
No wreath of holly on my door
just a mezuzah there, you know
No stockings stuffed with...
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Categories:
appreciation, chanukah, christian, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
I Can Be Your Enemy Or I Can Be Your FriendTravels make the mind wise
Wise enough to know
Everywhere you go is change
That comes either fast or slow
The Sun can be an enemy
Or the sun can...
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Categories:
blessing, chanukah, extended metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
To Make God HappyNot all about a fancy tree
or menorah made of gold
Though holidays be times of joy
there's a story to be told
Maccabees fought...
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Categories:
chanukah, christian, christmas, god,
Form:
Rhyme
IdentityIdentity
What a strange word
It exists for those with longings
for the mystical past.
The world has many cultures
it is easy to get lost
in the wilderness...
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Categories:
car, cat, chanukah, child,
Form:
Blank verse
The Old Holiday SpiritEight days and nights of Chanukah
is a little much for me
I've gotten to that 'golden age'
where it's really hard to be
Happy,...
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Categories:
celebration, chanukah, sleep,
Form:
Rhyme
I'M On My WayI broke my ties at seventeen,trying to find myself a life:
Sold my bike for sixty-five dollars,bought a ticket for a ride.
I was headed out to...
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Categories:
blessing, change, chanukah, emotions,
Form:
At NightAt night life goes beyond limits
Shameful and fearless evaporates
Boys and girls tiptoe out of their abode to peculiar places
Blankets dances all the night
Even the gloomy...
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Categories:
chanukah, bullying, butterfly, cancer, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
GenesisWasn't that the name of a rock band?
Or perhaps something from Star Trek?
The world was not created in 7 days
However, after Adam...
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Categories:
africa, bible, chanukah, creation,
Form:
Didactic
Poem About the RockersCutting through the consciousness
of the U.S.A.
Children of Chuck Berry and Elvis
Girls gyrating wildly in the corners of the space
While the odor of...
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Categories:
chanukah, music,
Form:
Ballade
Betting On LastI've always loved predicting
Which will be the last to die.
I'm rarely right but still each night
I study them and try.
They start out on an equal...
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Categories:
chanukah,
Form:
Rhyme
Good MorningGood Morning
The light from the sun fills the window in the kitchen.
Not all at once mind you, but at it’s on speed.
The little...
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Categories:
chanukah, 9th grade, age, allegory,
Form:
Free verse