Best Nativity Poems

Joseph
and Mary
traveled on a

donkey
to give birth
in Bethlehem,

but there
was no room
in the town's inn

In the 
silence of
the starry night,

born in
a manger
the dear Savior 

Angel
announces
to the shepherds:

"Today
nearby is 
born a baby 

God's son 
the Savior,
Jesus the Lord

Angels 
sing: "Glory
to God in the

highest,
peace to His
people on earth.

Shepherds
came to...

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A young couple plan for their first baby,                            they must first take a trip.                                     ...

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Nativity

Twilight in the stable
 Soft rays slant in radiance
Lingering voices and starlight
 Swaddle the eternal light
Serenading the Word
 Who sang them into life

12-29-21
Contest: Bite Size Poem #31
Judge: Line Gauthier...

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As the morning dawned to a world of white
and smoked curled up from chimney pots 
Indoors people started to stir and rise
the children excited ran to the tree.

Beheath it, presents in colourful paper
and delightful smells waft from kitchen
All dressed up in their best for church
they...

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This dread disease that has afflicted my home, 
This malady, this plague on my house;
This making convertible the former quaintness and provincialism thereof 
Into something wholly despicable and disgustingly homogeneous,
Yclept "cosmopolitanism," and "worldliness," and "globalization," 
(Or, perhaps "globalism");
That force of rude power that recognizes no...

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(True story)

As nativity plays go, this one was a doozy
with plenty of chances to fail
and even after all the countless rehearsals
it did, on a Biblical scale.
My part, I was Joseph, and Barbara was Mary,
the Jesus doll wrapped in a sheet
three wise men in the wings...

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The fire alarm went off at the projects,
		but when they got their, no one spoke,
		and there was the absence of fire and smoke,
		it was just going to be a prank,
		and that’s when a crime scene developed
		in a project house basement, a dank,
		the odor was so...

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To look 
upon His face, 
hold in my craving arms, 
seek his divine grace and favor.
I'd spread my wings and sing a Cherub hymn. 
The Seraphim angels' harps would 
strum melodies paying
homage to our 
God's son.


12/1/2019...

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Early autumn on the rise against the night sky
two silhouettes, black against the clouds of stars
one sit riding sideways upon an ass
while another walk beside holding the lead
along the road tired, dirty, and worn

Sometimes she felt ill and fatigued
as she feels the child move,
the thoughts...

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Following a star on high

Shepherds tending to flocks a message given

Tonight a child is born...

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The sinking sun left hurriedly from Bethlehem,
Leaving a dark chilly sky without any clouds
The town was overcrowded with many people,
The smell of sweat reeked every where, no place to wash.

Late at night two figures limped into town dead tired.
The woman felt the pain for birth...

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Manger Shadow

A shadow lurks behind the manger bed
 Swaddled by indifference,
  Creeping behind
 Lowing cows 
And 
Bleating sheep,
Power without power raising up a hoary head
 While in vanity dim shades attempt to weave
  A gloomy thread into the scent
   	 Of...

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Jesus, 
born this day as 
the world spun round and hearts 
beat, small and humble the savior 
of this world born in a manger beneath 
His guiding star in Bethlehem. 
The Word became flesh and 
dwelt among us, 
Jesus.

12/6/2019




John 1:14 says, "And the Word became...

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It came at the right time
Just before my fragile heart
Was about to burst with the largely
Unnecessary stress of work

Some things have to be completed
The boss's demands
Wielding power with no
Consideration for the small man

Or the small woman
(not so small now actually)
I think we are both tired
But...

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Son
of God
our Savior,
was born. In a
manger filled with
hay, in a stable,
his mother near, Jesus
was sent to us. Many
came to behold and, led by
the Star of Bethlehem saw Mary
and Joseph with their child, not
just a tiny babe, but the Son of God.
On that Blessed and Holy...

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