KUUMBA
...KUUMBA
(Creative Kwanzaa Thoughts For Today)
In the tree of life,
Let creative branches teach;
Awareness well barked:-
Let your flowers bloom,
Canvassing our destiny;
Reflecting healing:-
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Categories:
kwanzaa, allegory, black african american,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Jolly Folly Christmas
...Cranberry garlands the Christmas tree
Piña empanadas and gifts of filigree
Children’s faces aglow
Kissing ‘neath the mistletoe
Midnight mass tradition with family
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Categories:
kwanzaa, christmas, funny, giggle, humor,
Form: Limerick
thanks Santa
...Let's wax poetic - wax on..
We’re in for it
When we enter
the insubstantial country of love
That secret theater, in an invisible mansion of moods
it’s a resort that houses its share of...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, boyfriend, christmas, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse
yuletide cynicism
...If you’re looking for yuletide cynicism here,
you’re shopping in the wrong place.
This is New York City’s time of year.
It’s stood the test of time and it fairly sparkles,
proving that the ordi...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, christmas, friendship, fun, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Holiday Limericks
...Santa's reindeer were ready for Christmas,
but then Rudolph developed some stiffness.
They asked his son Robbie
to do the job and he
agreed, which was most serendipitous.
Veronica and her frie...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, holiday,
Form: Limerick
Seven Principles Seven Symbols
...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 Southeast.
Within, you will discover the seven ...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, africa, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Bells
...Bells
Shiny silver bells with glistening red bow
Are dangling from my entry gate
Though silently because they're faux.
But I imagine they ring and resonate
Their joyous sounds for all to hea...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, christmas, holiday, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Natal
...Natal
Hoje,
diga 'Feliz Natal' para pessoas que não conheça
ou para pessoas que são cristãs.
Diga 'Feliz Hanukkah'
para as pessoas que sabe
que são ou suspeita que sejam judias.
Seja...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, business,
Form: Free verse
Spirits Enticed By Holiday Sights
...Nestled cozily and sweet in a valley filled with holiday snow,
I am thrilled and delighted to watch the twinkling of the pretty lights.
Other people are lamenting places they cannot now go.
Excite...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, christmas, holiday,
Form: Kyrielle
Messages of Liberation
...Hopes and prayers soar in aspiration
In this season of heightened anticipation
When diverse cultures in our great nation
Await their holidays with eager expectation
Channukah, Christmas, ...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, freedom, holiday, hope, light,
Form: Monorhyme
Holiday Fest At Its Best
...Glitter, Glamour, Glitz and Spritz
Shimmer and Sparkle, oh how we marvel at all the Ritz
It's a Holiday Fest At Its Best!
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Spiritual...
whatever your ritual, it's t...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, happiness, holiday, joy, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Kwanzaa
...We lost our “UMOJA”, the basic concept and core value of our being “We, therefore, I am”, at the time of our history that began some 300 years ago. We didn’t step on the soil of New World with a drea...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, black african american, hope,
Form: Verse
Impossible Task For a Dreamer
...Can't write about Christmas or New Years Day, Written just for Paula's
Or Easter or Kwanzaa or any other Holiday. Contest :)
I've written too much about wa...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, on writing and wordswords,
Form: Couplet
The Pride of a Black Man
...The Pride of a Black Man…
is evident from birth
from day one he’s the strongest on earth
It grows in him like a planted seed
giving him the will and fortitude he’ll need
The Pride of a Black M...
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Categories:
kwanzaa, black-african amerpride,
Form: Couplet