Read and share the best poems for the holiday season. Holiday poems relate experiences or feelings one has during or about the holidays. Whether it is Christmas, Thanksgiving, summer and school holidays, or Valentine’s day many poets have written about these moments. Poetry captures the heart and spirit of these celebrated seasons and is an integral part of holiday greeting cards and well-wishing.
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Lady in Green
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Brenda Rose
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holiday, appreciation, dedication, feelings, green,
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Away
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Tim Smith
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holiday, love,
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Hopes and Dreams
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Gwen Schuetz
| Free verse |
holiday, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, dream,
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Holiday to attain future quality
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Dr Virinchi Mudumbai Acharya
| Imagism |
holiday,
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Jamaica
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Gerald Legister
| Free verse |
beach, community, history, holiday,
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Two Poms
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Owen Yeates
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dog, holiday,
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BOAT RIDE JAM pack
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kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr
| Prose Poetry |
adventure, holiday,
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Country Air
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Jack Ellison
| Limerick |
holiday,
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'American Idiom'
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jamie brolin
| Enclosed Rhyme |
holiday, america, appreciation, freedom, hero,
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Ouch
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George Stanworth
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holiday, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
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On Holidays
by Besma Riabi Dziri
Overwhelming need grips my very heart
Navigating scenic beauty and ease my mind
Hazy and nebulous, I do feel right now
Only for an idyllic rural life I...
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Categories:
holiday, beauty, care, change, emotions,
Beach Observations
by Tom Cunningham
Girls in bikinis, how gorgeous they look
Kids ice pops melting, dripping on the sand
People sat in deck chairs reading a book
Happy young couples walking...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
beach, family, holiday, sea,
Pulling on a Mexican Straw
by Jennifer Sanfilippo
I'm pulling on a Mexican straw
Work is done, so I got outta Dodge
Now I'm happy to just lie here all day
Pulling...
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Categories:
holiday, beach, drink, freedom, fun,
Rockets Red Glare
by Tim Smith
A scent of sulfer fights its way
across dusk's dessicated haze
sirens scream for their fill
working their double patriotic duty
on this dreadful day...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
holiday,
NEW YEAR
by Line Gauthier
new year's teenage must
casey kasem counting down
the top one hundred
posted on July 4, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
holiday, january, music, new
The Red, White, And Blue
by The Brooklyn Six Project
The red, white, and blue
The colors of our flag that shine through
Our nation will always stand tall
And rise above it all
This is a...
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Ghazal |
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Categories:
celebration, holiday, patriotic,
Mother's Day
by Carolyn Dewey
It's Mother's Day
from the heart.
Cook a cookie,
bake a tart.
Don't forget
to make a card.
Just get it done -
it's not that hard.
Don't make her clean
the kitchen floor
or...
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Categories:
angst, appreciation, heart, holiday,
AwayFor a way
by Dr Virinchi Mudumbai Acharya
Staying away to give a way
For the best future to sway
Not only as an individual
But also as a group in social.
No...
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Tail-rhyme |
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Categories:
holiday,
Sea Swimming
by Nina Parmenter
I gasp, knee-deep in chilly sea,
My muscles tense, my goosebumps rise,
“Come back!” the homely shoreline cries!
The seaweed tickles playfully,
Around my limbs, strange fronds are curled...
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Categories:
happiness, holiday, joy, sea,
Thanks I owe
by Lisle Ryder
We boarded a train to King's Cross
with connections to Gatwick and onward.
Just passed Thirsk I noticed a loss.
Where was my briefcase? I felt kippered.
No tickets....
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
anxiety, confusion, holiday, thanks,
HOLIDAY
by Line Gauthier
holiday traffic
up the hill home
smoke in the chimney
posted on June 30, 2018...
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Categories:
fire, holiday, home, travel,
The Stumbling Inn
by Owen Yeates
Well you managed to fix your motorhome
Now you’re free to begin to roam
Many miles you can now travel
Over tarmac, sand and gravel
You gave her a...
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Categories:
holiday,
Happy Easter Jesus Christ is our savior
by Chris Tober
Jesus Christ our savior is the Ultimate Boss, He Loved us so much he was Crucified on the Cross.
Those who believe in him are the...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
easter, god, holiday, religious,
I Think I Need A Wee-Wee
by George Stanworth
‘I think I need a wee-wee.’
‘But we’ve just got in the car.’
‘I think I need a wee-wee.’
‘But we haven’t travelled far.’
‘I think I need a...
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Categories:
holiday, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Solitary Wanderer
by Dawa Zangpo
I'm a solitary wanderer
Guided by the winds and the sol rays
I roam through lonely valleys
Sipping from streams to streams
Riding on cascade , up...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
age, art, character, holiday,
The better day is holiday
by KAYOD5 Kayode
The better day is holiday.
The better day is holiday,
Hasten up and hurry up,
Hotfoot, hotfoot, holiday;
Too long you tarry on the way.
Now I am impatiently waiting,
Marking...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
holiday,
Holiday of a Lifetime
by Suzanne Delaney
"A week long holiday in a glass paperweight" that holds a dandelion puff.
We remember childhood wishes. All day long we tiptoe 'round it being careful...
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Categories:
allegory, anxiety, holiday,
Illuminate
by sophia chen
Illuminate
Powder snowflakes fall from the cloudy sky.
On the playground laughter and snowballs fly.
Snowball fights and heroic cries,
Frigid moments pass like blink of an...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
christmas, fun, holiday, joy,
Halloween
by H. A. Yappen
Children frolicking
Running from house to house, full
Of joy and candy...
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Haiku |
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Categories:
holiday, candy, children, halloween, happy,
I Hate Memorial Day
by Keith Peterson
Hot Dogs, beer
and long warm nights
Indigestion, too much booze
Lead to front yard fights
Days at the river
Lying on the beach
Sand everywhere
Places I can't reach
Camping or...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
america, beach, celebration, holiday,