Best Traditions Poems

Love contests in quantities, like numbers,
game of chance for romance by the numbers,

You and you, pick one or two, left first choose,
then right follows through ... awake the numbers,

if I was you, don't let romance wait too,
go ahead, awaken the dead ... numbers,

At last, the...

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The tradition in question comes from the apostles
Hands on when they received from Jesus’ teaching examples
What they learned from the Eternal Holy Spirit
First generation of Christian did not have a written New Testament
It demonstrates the process of living tradition

Tradition is to be distinguished from the...

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Christmas Traditions
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

It was the Day after Thanksgiving and every store in town.
Had planned to opened wide its doors before daylight could be found.
It was an outlandish sight to see people sleep overnight. 
Shoppers camping on sidewalks people waiting...

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The Bible condemns all tradition
     St. Paul says to hold fast to the traditions he taught 
     Either orally or in writing...

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Traditions for the next President

           by Edmund Siejka                           ...

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When men see through 
They also want to go through 

Lack of self control 
Leads to a number of tears

'Tis rape when a father breaks the wall
Of his adolescence daughter
And says it is tradition 

'Tis rape when a man wants to go through 
And he...

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A true Walden pond,
Slashed roads that break beyond.
We light a Philly XL;
Cut and filled with ganja and ale.

Lack of concern,
No pity and no pain.
Lack of emotion,
What a laugh to call it 
             ...

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The Sun People believe
they came from the Sun-
they avoid darkness like the plague
they believe darkness is a soul's eraser!

The Cricket People:
There is a contest bachelors do-
one who sounds like a cricket for long,
marries a beautiful bride!

Cult of the Crab:
Members enter their temple
walking sideways;
one who walks...

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Now and again I like to peek back through the mists of yore,
To muse about things that now can only be recalled as lore.
Things that are as American as apple pie and barbeque,
Traditional things of which my grandkids have no clue!

I recall the Fuller Brush...

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Christmas is here
The family is gathering at Darrell & Lola's
Bowling alley this year
For a few good laughs
And lots of good beer
Potluck don't have to cook 
Our host this year

First time for everything
It will be like a big premiere
Open taps 
Little ones doing laps
Lights flashing
Teenagers dashing
Pins...

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Spirit of Christmastide
Beneath the mantel's alabaster gleam
Where verdigris flames pirouette 
     in cerulean ballet's beam...
We gather close—a familial love—
In hallowed halls where chimes of 
     crystal laughter stream.
Amid the yuletide glow where 
memories take flight 
a morning...

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Mention trains and candy canes
lighted trees and paper chains…
be sure to tell the story right
Jesus' birthday on Christmas night.

Debate about where and when
were there truly three wise men?
Explain the who, the what, the way
they brought Him gifts a later day.

Reindeer reins, celebrations,
Santa's sleigh, decorations
make clear...

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Saturnalia, the pagan worship of winter solstice,

                                  the darkest tidings of the...

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Our gracious Queen, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
Came to the throne aged twenty-five, which proved quite scary.
In every walk of life she sets the pace.
When post arrives she's met by a familiar face.

Philip, of noble stock, her blunt but dashing prince,
Is apt to put his royal foot...

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Applesauce Cake

Once again autumn’s jubilee of gold and umber leaves
Drifts on a lazy Sunday morning rain
Past kitchen windows
Where scents of coffee and frying bacon
Walk hand in hand
Then race each other up the stairs
To look for dreamers missed by the dawn
While aunts and uncles,
Cousins, sisters, brothers,
Fathers,...

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