Childhood December Poems

My eyes couldn’t help 
But wander 
And smile at every passing inch 

Aimlessly following the walls 
And your voice 
Throughout the house you lay your...

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Beneath the frozen dome of a late December, I learned with melancholy
That those who gave me wings are not the titans I summoned in my...

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Giving gifts ~ required boxes are filled ...

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Once upon a December we were friends.
Once upon a cold night holding onto a time we knew someday would end.
A whole new world we’ll never...

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No Roof For Reindeer

The celebrated sailing frog
from Montgomery County
went a courtin, or so the tale iz toad
to a grand ole mansion built around 1910,
and e'en...

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The pink polka-dot nightgown,                     ...

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I loved to trim the Christmas tree
placing a gold star at its top.
Since it brought Christmas home for me,
even more than Santa's workshop.

Placing a gold...

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*Image of Our 1969 fuel-generated home that replaced the unpowered memento, but later lost to lava in 1990.

a december memento

dark-trimmed christmas tree
leans upon slanted floorboards
in...

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The panda in the Christmas lights
Dreamily wiped the sleep from his eyes,
As he slowly looked around the tree.
Throughout all the December nights
Leading to the season’s...

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Whittling can bring blood pressure down,
Whittling can bring your wood pile down,
Whittling can bring the noise level down,
Whittling can bring the number of negative thoughts...

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Every December she remembers. 
And every December he relives the memory of the greatest loss of his childhood. 
The loss that has impacted the rest...

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Merry music from the radio, informing us that it's the season to be jolly;
Dad is out and about, making plans for next year's crops;
Mom is...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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S eptember is for me

E leven cute flying bees

P ick the fruit from the big green tree

T he sunflowers need to flee

E verything to be...

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One More Delivery

Please wait at the door. 
I told the man holding the package. 
He smiled, 
not unkindly, 
but as patiently as one might expect,...

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