Yule Christmas Poems

[A parody of Mistletoe and Wine... apologies to Sir Cliff]
[‘Chorus’ indented for easy skipping if desired]


This night it will bring, a venomous sting
His life is...

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Rat-a-tat-tat, it is the sound of the dreaded, Icelandic Yule Cat.
You have to get me a jacket or shoes or something else I plead
My mother...

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Carols’ with uplifting lyrics thrill my heart,
“Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Silent Night.”
Reaching out to help the needy plays a part 
In this time...

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I hear the bells jingle, hoofs on the snow!
when white clouds rumble, is Santa on tow?
days are getting shorter but nights now grow,
I wait to...

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festive colored yule log flames spiced punch.....your
warm long candy cane kisses...

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I pray Yule have a joyous Christmas with your relations,

And that Santa will more than meet your expectations!

'Tis the Season for joy, never for feeling...

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                    Saturnalia, the pagan worship of...

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Christmas Yule Tide Horn Haiku

what a dearth of mirth
welcome Jesus and His birth
beyond all worth on earth

saw star in the skies
by three men who had...

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"The Christmas Wars"



Christmas is never stolen
the parent dresses a tree 
every year, 
tenderly,
like adorning 
a fragile child 

caught between 
the Christmas Wars

The Christmas of a
Ghost...

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I am hiding in my bedroom, scared to death because my pajamas are not new.
I dare not put down my soup bowl because Bowl Licker...

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The bauble caught my reflection
upon closer inspection
face all distorted
I must get this sorted!
poured a beer in self abjection...

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Christmas is creeping in.
I’ve seen my first quality street tin. 
The John Lewis advert is out
And the motorised reindeers about. 

Shop windows glitter and glow,...

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folklore suggests that one more than just one

constitutes a party because small can be good

fewer can merit merrier times than congestion

and thus enforced Corona not...

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This Christmas is very different
from other past Yule seasons: less cheer,
more grief welcoming uncertainty;
and unless we are disheartened in spirit,
nothing will grant us hope to...

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Owls
Through the
Lapland snows
See Santa hug
Children’s wishes in festivals of joy
Reindeer wait in barren birch through long nights
For Aurora
To string lights
In Jule
Fire

11-26-20
Picture #3
Contest: Tetractyrs #6
Sponsor: Eve...

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