Holiday Blitz Poems

Hop and Hide
(10-line Blitz, adapted for teaching young poets the structure)

Easter bunny hops
Easter bunny finds
Finds a soft, grassy patch
Finds a great place to hide
Hide the...

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Dandelion Dance
(10-line Blitz, adapted for teaching young poets the structure)


Dancing is what I love
Dancing in the air
Air above
Air below
Below me is a cloud
Below it is...

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Playing my guitar
playing Christmas songs
songs that echo from my childhood
songs of memories made
made in fantasies
made in dreams
dreams built from flavors
dreams built from stories
stories family told
stories...

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Labor Day

A day recalling

Past doing and achieving..

And demanding of decency..

Working and supporting

Abundance speaking..

Ideal colorings bringing

Nostalgic happiness..

Enter the pandemic

With stirrings and fear..

Yet..perhaps pointing to

Our unknown Livelihood:

Abundance...

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My oh, my
Christmas is here once again
Time for family and friends,
To surround the most important Holiday,
Eating and enjoying the pleasures of the moment
Once again, it...

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Christmas is here
Christmas again
Again a happy season
Again the preparation trouble
Trouble all the way
Trouble in paradise
Paradise a city
Paradise my hope
Hope of glory
Hope of gold
Gold refined
Gold renewed
Renewed...

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It's time for Christmas
It's time for forgiveness
Forgiveness from above
Forgiveness and love
Love and divine grace
Love from the sacred place.
Place of holy joys
Place with many toys.
Toys for...

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Holiday greetings
Holiday love
Love thy neighbour
Love the season
Season for sharing
Season for laughter
Laughter and blessings
Laughter and joy
Joy in gatherings
Joy in our hearts
Hearts filled with compassion
Hearts desiring true...

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Time for laughter
Time for love
Love the people 
Love this season
Season of greetings
Season of Lights
Lights and magic feel alright
Lights of colors green and gold
Gold Christmas morning
Gold...

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Pure white clouds 
Pure fresh breeze
Breeze pass the dogs hunting for a scare
Breeze pass the trees 
Trees smell of pine
Trees weighed down with snow
Snow raining...

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It's Christmas time, the most beautiful holiday
It is time for music, it is time for play.
Play of snowflakes, here and there
Play of the children from...

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Buy rum and eggnog
Buy the decorations
Decorations to put up
Decorations to light up
Up **** creek
Up on the roof
Rooftop Santa
Rooftop sleigh
Sleigh bells ring
Sleigh and reindeer
Reindeer eat
Reindeer crap
Crap...

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Bumble-bee on fruits

The silly me
The silly bumble-bee
Bumble-bee buzz in ears
Bumble-bee hovers on flowers
Flowers in Ikebana
Flowers spread fragrance
Fragrance of petrichor
Fragrance of coffee
Coffee with cream
Coffee with beloved
Beloved...

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T'was the day of Thanksgiving,             
All was nice and set;   ...

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Papa grabbed his pistol,
Folks began to scatter;
Grandpa kept snoozin',
Like nothing was the matter!

There was fire and brimstone,        ...

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