Stress Holiday Poems

Did you ever stand on stage,
behind the big curtain.
Standing there peeking out from behind the curtain,
watching the audience looking at the stage.
Your knees are shaking,
your...

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I felt like a book 
very tired old and worn out 
needing rest on shelf....

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less gifts, more memories
less busyness, more peace
less stress, more joy
less chaos, more calm
less excess, more gratitude
less food, more food for thought

less bigotry, more tolerance
less hatred,...

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In crowded halls, ivy clad, walk the sleepless zombies - the walking dead.
They’ve come to grapple, the chosen few, in trials by pen and pencil...

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Christmas comes with planning,  
who are you buying gifts for.  
What to get them,  
what to eat.  
Oh well I took...

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Whether the work-load is manual or high-tech exercises; 
Whether it taxes our brain, leaving us without answers;
Or dirties our entire body with dirt, dust, and...

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The gifts are bought and wrapped by now
So I don’t have to think
Of what to get until next year,
Though quicker than a wink

The months will...

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A seven day event 
Based on African descent 
Culminating in giving gifts and a large feast
Based on African festivals ranging from the West to the...

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Hurt of holidays,
December vacation daze
From toils and travails
Of tense, maddening travels,
Remorse on return, mind blasé.
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Tanka |07.12.2022| 
Poet’s note: Some social visits this December following deaths...

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May we all take the time we need to rest, reflect, relax, appreciate and enjoy our holiday season. Blessings and best wishes.

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By Michelle...

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We’re no strangers to perceptible sacrifice
so, we’ve put all flavors of fun on ice.
Einsteining overnight - alone - is
about as exciting as a windows phone.

But...

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Midterms are over
I’m coming up for air
now that they’re done
I’ll admit I was scared
- that physics three -
was nearly the death of me.

What comes next?...

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Joy a playful toy                      ...

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My licence was coming due, 
I now need to go and renew.                             ...

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Holiday Stress
Miracle Man
1/14/2022

Christmas and New year finds life upside down,
digging up old bones always induce my frown. 
Though thinking of Jesus, the past I also...

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