Christmas does not have an X in it
Hark the herald angels sing
Rest ye Merry Gentlemen
I love this time of the year
Sadness pervades some though, remember that
Thoughtfulness and empathy go a long way
Mary and Joseph prevail at this time of year
Always remember the manger story and Jesus’ birth
Star in the East is something to remember
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year
Everyone does not feel it, so please approach cautiously
Love is always in fashion, God is love after all
Excited children are thrilled with holiday magic
Believers sometimes have tears in their eyes
Regale each other with Christmas stories of old
Attentive children sit at grandma’s knee
These are the best days for many, but not all
Empathetic people watch for each other’s emotions
Santa is not the reason for the season
Joy, peace, good will toward Men
Enthusiastically give your helping hands
Show others you care
Universal love and hope
Season for miracles
For Val it was simply magical:
Surgeons might have said ‘surgical’:
A thing which had seemed cyclical,
His bouncing back ‘ Atypical’…
And there for minutes Rita stood,
Her stretching talk with Val sweet food;
Clearly, in her best of wished mood:
Must she always over fate brood?
So far, the Grandest Festival
To be held by Ambitious Val
And he had named it ‘Survival,’
Slides showing this at interval
For the eyes of Val’s Truest Pal:
‘Last year long sick, then Revival!’
Raised not Question of circumstance
Hushed the one tried by Miss. Constance
“Has Val from Dope kept real distance?”
For Val, she’d recalled no instance…
Beauty Celebrates Dawn
Beauty Celebrates Dawn's Exquisite Flush
Mauve melding into magenta’s fuchsia blush
Pink cherry blossoms hide the sleeping thrush
Crimson cardinals dream in amaranth hush.
Like Misty Nascent Opulent Pruce
Daybreak dances in orchid shades on boughs of spruce
Soft silvery pinks serenade with amethyst flutes
Bright razzamatazz of morning matins played on ruby lutes
Aurora Bears Cerise Dawning Energy
Sunup razzle dazzle watchman – copper rooster rises
Signals first light hues in shades of coral surprises
Daystar fills lilac light with synergy
Starshine Teases Unruly Violet Winds
Raspberry colored roses sing in sunrise runes
First watch fandango coaxes daylight with morn's mandolins
Day’s glory smiles upon vanishing vanilla amber moons
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Pruce – a commercial shade of pink
*Winter Celebrates *
New year arrives as north winds blow
Ferns of frost through dim sunlight glow -
Flowers of the winter rose
Deep in cold – in frosty white climes
Winter’s heart beat feels warmth divine -
A heaven sent valentine
Wild banshee winds in feis hornpipes
Hear the pipes of crocus’ bagpipes -
Reels, jigs, tickle clover types
Winter’s bleak barrenness belies
Jubilation in dormant life -
Festive respite in long nights.
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Her heart is like a parrot
That perches at the riverside
Singing melodious sonnet
That graces every eventide.
I could feel butterflies in my belly.
I could hear beautiful euphony.
She smiles graciously
Like a celebrant at a birthday ceremony.
Angels were deliriously happy this day;
An angel born on earth,
Whose kindness is like the sun ray.
An angel with magnanimous heart.
Friends and family rejoice!
Come, let's celebrate!
Sing with your heart and let it race,
For an Angel celebrates.
Dedicated to Felicia Okoro
4 A.M. I received a text
With a heart-wrenching context
God has taken you away
An invitation to his ballet
Uncontrollable tears
Descends from my eyes
I am wishing back the years
Where our friendship resides
Never Will I understand
Life and death’s expiration stamp
But I take comfort in knowing
Jesus is holding your hand
I vision you dancing and singing with Angels
This part of your departure I can handle
My heart and soul would love you forever
The possibilities of our harmonizing laughter
It’s promising when the day comes that I join you on the throne
In the awesome place that’s now your home
I know you are smiling down from above
In the presence of our Jesus
I too, return that smile
Wide and bright
That makes my mourning worthwhile
How great is it for you?
To have no more pain…No more worries
The only thing that surrounds you now is Gods glory
Heaven Celebrates my Friend!!
The city celebrates a huge success and luck.
It's over now with wave of vielent crimes!
A last gangster with a broken ribs and spine
Was fried and eaten in the forest by maniac.