Best Christmas Star Poems

I walked up to the bunkhouse, beneath a cloudless sky,
searching to find the Christmas star, still shining there on high.
The bunkhouse was warm but lonesome with no other cowboys there.
They had all gone home for Christmas. I pretended not to care.

Christmas carols on the radio brought back thoughts of the star
that had shown down on...

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God sent Him to us, to save us from sin
His arrival  foretold by the sages.
The angels rejoiced when so long ago
They brought news that’s been told through the ages.

Mary the Virgin  gave birth to the child
Who had come to bring peace to the earth
The angels sang  carols, spreading the word
Proclaiming our Lord’s...

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quest unquenchable
magi marched searching for soul ~
from known to unknown 


21 December 2021...

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A star shone bright in Eastern sky
   two thousand years ago
as angels sang their hymns on high
   to let the whole world know.
They sang their praise, their greeting bring
as bells in heaven start to ring
      They sang their praise…
       ...

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The Christmas Star

Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
How brightly you did shine!
Yet how you pale in comparison 
To child Jesus' light divine.

According to Christian tradition, the Star of Bethlehem, also known as the Christmas star, revealed the birth of Jesus to the Magi (often translated as “wise men” but more accurately translated as “astrologers” or “astronomers”)....

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They went to the Manger that night,
those Wise Men who came from afar,
to worship the baby by light 
of Bethlehem's bright glowing Star.

The animals, drawn unto Him,
soon gathered around there to see
the holy babe sleeping within,
and shared in the great mystery.

And so did our dear Lucy cat
at Christmas time, so unforeseen-
for hours by the Christmas...

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(12/13/12)

Underneath the moonless sky, the Christmas
Star caught my eye.
Every year it comes into plain sight
At the stroke of midnight.

To remind us of the birth of his son
The one and only one.
He was sent to earth to take away the sins of man
For humanity needed a helping hand.

He was born in a manger in Bethlehem
When the...

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heralds o’er a Babe ~
a star appears like the sun
stamped in the night sky


a cold winter’s eve
traverses shepherds and kings ~
in Dayspring’s shadow


father and mother
chosen by heaven above
cradle God’s own son


Kim Rodrigues © 2016
SERIES OF HAIKUS

Dayspring – the beginning of day: dawn...

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That silent night a star arose
Shining from on high
Is it a sign, do you suppose?
Why is it in the sky?
The shepherds wondered at the sight
And watched in awe above
When angels showed in shining light
Telling of the Father’s love
They were told to follow where it led
To where the Savior had been born
Rejoicing through the hills they...

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                                          The star is rising
         ...

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Winter time is over the mountains
come yuletide season again.
Caught now in time, these frozen fountains
that drop to waterfalls end.

The skies have seen the last of the geese,
they’ve flown to warmth miles away.
And trees are all but stripped of their leaves
as they sleep these winter days.

Christmas Time comes to us once again
and it’s just moments away.
Reminders...

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while all stars were wishing
and some were wished upon ~
one star obeys

humble and bright
lit especially by
the sheep herder of lights

11/23/2021
Syllables - 6/6/4 4/6/6...

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An eight-pointed star 
Shone in the night in summer 
He came from above 
Not belonging to the stars 
Stranger to them all 
Is above the zodiac 
Plundering its fate 
He is from the pure greatness 
A door to the heavens 
Sophia prepared the flesh 
For she had regret 
Sabaoth sent his great light 
For he...

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Patient star
          Shining bright
   Reaching far ...

Three kings stir
          Deep, the night
     Gold and myrrh ...

Lil' lamb's birth
          Heaven's light ...
 ...

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There once was a tree sitting in the snow,
Its branches dusted white, content to be.
Shafts of moonlight shinning on it below,
Then appeared a star on top of the tree.
It was sent from above without a word
To herald a birth, with the three wise men. 
No footsteps were seen, and no voices heard,
Appearing each year in...

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