Best Ornament Poems

 "I shall be like a tree,
planted by the rivers of water,
to bring forth fruit in season,
my leaves shall not wither;
and whatever I do will be good."

        Psalm 1:3 (in my words) 

My thoughts are a magnet reflecting...

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hang you ornament 
from your tree
but don't you shine 
until you hear 
from your maker

fall 
then remain fallen
it is my turn 
I am Alma...

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The Ornament


A cold December morning,
sparkling air so clean
We hold a tiny ornament
a snowflake crystalline

Suspended by a wire,
a’ glisten in the light
Searching for the perfect tree
to hold it ever tight

An image so created
for all the world to see
In winter formed illusion
of snowfall majesty

Along a trodden pathway
a...

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piercing opposition
                                    female mutilation


      ...

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I hear praiseful onlookers say
		how pretty YOU are every day,
		but that’s not my story.
		I don’t share your glory
		in this much-viewed Christmas display.

		I’m not spiral, dangly, or round.
		I don’t shine or make any sound.
		I’m called by a name
		that brings me to shame,
		a moniker meant to confound!

		My...

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I love decorating the Christmas tree
And lingering in ornament memories
A snowman I made
Back in 2nd grade
Reminds me of childhood glee and snow dreams  


11/14/11
Susan Burch...

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There once was an ornament named Al
He loved to hang around with his pal.
To pick up a date
They often left late.
So the gals hung around fem fatale.

From a therapy tree they would listen.
Late Al never knew what he was missin’.
Bi-polar snow man,
Hit Rudolf with flan.
Santa...

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It was just like every other year
Trimming trees with holiday cheer.
Like practiced dancers, we went around
Knowing by heart every carols sound.
There were smells so sweet, but I knew them all
From the cooking of ham to Grandmother’s shawl.
I sang like the others while popcorn was strung
Not...

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At the rise of the sun-
I saw a flower stretch long,
Her vein glows,
And her barge of charms violently grows.

Shiny is the face
That allures Antony to its rays.
For her juicy nectar,
Pests gather.
	
In the community of her peers-
Her beauty is their fears.
As her skin’s opulence-
Transcends the rainbows

Caesar...

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For you I've awaited a lifetime
in whose heart is clarity
every virtue in you is realized
individual traits of a rarity
 
Your foresight understands ages
like gems your facets reflect
every spectrum covered rainbow
in the things you did not neglect
 
You have focused upon the real life
sought the finest...

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I bought a pickle ornament for Spence.

The boy just loves his pickles, makes no sense.

So with this glass dill pickle

His spirits I will tickle.

Hope this is among his best ornaments.






for PD's Pickles & Tickles limerick contest...

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I always considered you littered my home,
Small knickknacks adorning overcrowded shelves.
The marble statues you bought from lovely Rome,
I leave them there, a memory of ourselves.

And in gay Paris, you just went mad with joy
Those miniatures saucers, jugs and a vase,
Insisting each was her special lovely...

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ANTIQUE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT

An old-fashioned bell that Grandmother send.
Her last old antique Christmas ornament.
Rounded bell, with recessed grooves,
so out-dated, yet still to use.
Place me high upon your tree.
Hang me low for all to see.
So those who come can appreciate me.

I thought you'd toss me out of...

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An ornament fell
Quickly to the floor
An angel object
She holds a lantern
Held held high in her hand
When the angel fell 

The lantern came off
When the angel fell 
I grabbed the scotch tape
Now the angel fixed
She is good as new...

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Lady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch

May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.


The Harvest of Roses
by Michael R. Burch

I have not come for...

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