Best Ring In The New Year Poems
Christmas is over; everyone's partying, ushering in a new year,
except for the unfortunate few who have no home.
For them, there are no church bells of celebration;
to ring in the New Year.
They sleep atop steam vents to stay warm.
I can't imagine being them; it's hard to fathom
the nightmares that haunt their meager existence.
Invisible in plain sight,
the cold seeps into their bones and crushes their spirits.
Homeless, they're the dregs of modern cities,
and facing scorn, they preserve their dignity in alcohol,
trying to numb reality.
Hope is a luxury they can't afford.
Winter is hell for the mentally ill living on the streets,
for they've lost everything, even who they are as a person:
demeaning and cruel; what was their crime?
Humanity harbors such souls as these at its fringes.
Yet, when I look into their eyes, I don't see a hopeless cause,
I see the same dreams and fears I see in myself.
And it makes me want to cry!
Why are we indifferent to their hurt and humiliation?
Is our lack of pity because we're immune to their pain,
or is it because, like Cain, we are not our brother's keeper?
Or perhaps, it's a little of both!
Winter nights, the darkness comes quick
Key in door, to an empty house
Jacket falls fast right on the floor
I stare at the stand, at the telephone for sure
There she sits, alone, unmoving
No blinking light
No message at all
From a lovers voice or even a call from the mall
The ritual is the same, night after night
I pick up the phone, yes dial tone is there
I check the wires, all attached with great care
Its not broken, same as this morning
I confess, yes I stare at the phone over there
The phone is a functioning, I am assured
I call the weather line, yes a test but I was bored
They tell me is all sunny up over yonder
So no one calls me, of this I must ponder
I confess yes I stare, at the dark phone sitting there
Maybe the answering system parts are malfunctioning
Maybe she really did some exotic oh calling
Oh what I am saying, she’s out to the ball
While I look at telephone, alone in the hall
I confess yes I stare, I stare and stare
So another night, outside shines the bright city lights
I open the door to the darkness in fright
For oh my god, I see a blinking light
My heart beats in excitement, this is surely the night
I stare at a ringing telephone
Oh my what a delight!!!!!!!!
Click
Wrong number
Now I am distressed, depressed, redressed
I am at my wits end I must confess
Another evening I sit here alone
Just me and my silent old black phone
I stare a that contraption then the abscess of the night
Like all of the nights in 2014
I will sleep in a bed, with no hug or ice-cream
The pleasures of life, belong not to me
Me and my phone will never be set free
So now it’s New Years Eve, party hat and good cheer
I sit alone with my phone, to ring in the New Year
Oh the irony yes I did see
For the phone is as silent as the heart inside me
I stare at the past; I stare at the wall
Where I contemplate tossing the phone, cord and all
Then it rings, and shocks me out of my trance
2015 has arrived with a telephone call!!!!! so happy I dance!!!!
Cause this time she called, god bless romance
Happy New Year
As I wait for death amid the calm.
I see through the window all of you.
No one can see me and the hearing is dying.
Ring in the New Year and my limbs reach for the warm.
Help me make one last stand.
I love the rain and your food for thought.
I wait patient , youthful and my sap stretched.
I long for your cool breeze and like a dog I bark in warning.
And as the axe falls I shudder and am diminished.
That door slammed angrily and while I wait the rain washes me.
No longer do I feel my age, I see your reflection and your sadness.
And as I slowly die I am placed on the stretcher and I drink my last drop.
But as I lay quivering.
You bathe and place me at the door.
I am no longer naked as you dress me.
A light blinks on and the glitter and charm works.
The clothing is your finest saved by generations and my balls are hung.
Ring in the New Year,
with a joyful song of love.
Pray for the New Year,
to the awesome God above.
ring in the new year
reflecting on the past one
make resolutions?
"December" Contest
Somewhere after fall but before the Spring,
The white mist of snow whispers in my ear,
Such delicate words I have heard from all the de-leaved branches,
Streak in the cloudy skies,
-has romanced me once again.
For December has arrived,
He has brought the unveiling cold,
All the magnificant pine trees,
Wearing snow capped blankets,
Little green with a great deal of white,
I recall being a diminutive child,
Staring out from that solid wood bay window,
In amazement at how the snow could be so opulent.
I see those reflecting prisms,
Like a rainbow under the moon,
All the surrounding light flashes,
For the icicles have found their way back,
Frozen water, so acute and piercing,
Above our front porch door,
Please don't knock them off,
They tell me they're dangerous,
But to me they are just what I needed,
-that time in my life.
It's time is decorate for the spirit of the season,
Red and green, maybe with a little bit of gold,
Tall pine trees in our homes,
Full of exquisite memories of growing up.
And then comes the last day on the 31st,
Time to ring in the New Year with family,
And we cheer for all the promises of resolutions,
No matter how cold it gets,
These memories will keep me warm.
And as I sit by that solid wood bay window,
I am amazed at how the snow could be so opulent,
The streak in the cloudy skies,
-has romanced me once again.
5th Place Winner
Make the best of every single day
Even when things don’t go your way.
Wisdom is learned when there is great pain.
Be wise with your words and what you say.
Make time for the ones who matter the most,
sooner then later we all become ghost.
Keep in mind new people are mostly just fads.
A lot of them pass through like
last years bad plaid.
Anger is useless remember to breathe
It only hurts you when you are peeved.
Time to ring in the New Year With a clean slate.
May it bring you happiness in
every memory you make.
A New Year's Cheer
Raise your glass to prosperity,
And ring in the New Year with cheer,
Whilst singing out the latter year
Amid the zeal of revelry.
And kiss your darling heartily,
Expressing bonhomie sincere.
Raise your glass to prosperity,
And ring in the New Year with cheer!
Enjoy the fest rhythmically,
Letting old grievances disappear,
And welcome unfeared the New Year
With joy in perpetuity.
Raise your glass to prosperity,
And ring in the New Year with cheer!
Jump up and down to celebrate the New Year
Unleash hugs and kisses on those you hold dear
Bring in the New Year with a glass of champagne
I’ll let go of the past, in the past it should remain
Life’s all too short, now is the time to have fun
And so I'll plan quick trip to see my precious son
New opportunities will soon be coming our way
Take every chance; we must all live for today
Joy and laughter are needed for a happy life
Overcome obstacles which can bring us strife
You can make a difference just with a smile!
N/A in Jubilant Joy Contest judged on 1/13/19
Sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke
1/6/19
New Year's Delight
Fireworks explode into a luminous display,
Lighting up the night sky with a spectacular heralding,
“Come my dear, let us ring in the New Year!”
And welcome the event in embracing joyous union,
Toasting prosperity for days following.
And sing with glee, grateful for each other’s company,
Gazing upwards at the lit sky of New Year’s delight.
This captured nocturne to cherish a lifetime lest we remiss
And harbor painful reminiscence without forgiveness;
Though past reflections are prerequisite to the future’s bequest.
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Note:
Nocturne: in art – a picture of a night scene.
Happy New Year
Be not pugnacious accomplices unwilling
To ring in the New Year with festive greetings?
Open hearts freely, and air out old grievances.
Welcome spontaneity with forgiveness.
And seek solace with jovial acquaintances,
Reaffirming reliance in alliances.
Time is a human condition of realism,
Involving biological magnetism.
Were this enlivened fest to last forever,
How bright the outlook for future endeavours?
How flat the path to higher expectations
With friendship extended in merry convention?
There, in the midst, with an imparting party cheer,
A kiss on my love’s lips, and “Happy New Year!”
A New Years dream
I went to bed after the ball dropped
To ring in the New year.
I lay there awhile then off I went.
Into a dream it Had to be done.
There I was in a place I only knew it had to be a dream.
Cars that fly. Trains that hung upside down.
People are wearing funny shoe.That lifts them off the ground.
It was a sight to see.
But I looked and then i woke up.
There was no police and or no crime.
A world where my neighbor was like family.
No name calling,no fighting at all.
It was a dream that maybe some New year it would come true.
No fighting crowds
No grabbing for food and drinks
No concerts no parties
Maybe an intimate evening with the dearest
Or the family
Surely deep inside my heart still hoping for
A big crowd in the street midnight
An overwhelming joy and a rejoicing countdown
And incredible fireworks
That can be seen from far
To ring in the new year 2022
Surely a great planning for 2022
A looking forward to a better tomorrow
After you live through 2021
Everyting becomes precious and invaluable
Deserve our love and respect
And we will live more cheerfully
Loving people, loving God, loving ourselves
Besides fighting the virus
To win to live to love to share
I look to the new year
with a sense of hope
determination to do better
address the goals that I neglected
knowing as years advance
I only get so many restarts
I wield the power to upgrade
to readjust priorities
wipe last year’s slate
and start anew
I make my list and
and back it up
with concrete strategies
hold my head high
ready to launch the new year
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
let forget about trouble
and be brother
and watch the ball
as it fall
let sing and bang
as the end is near
in the cold weather
TOGETHER
RING IN THE NEW YEAR