Christmas Light Poems

the silver birch
it likes to hide
so as you search 
at eventide
you find it there with many friends
playing poker through the night

the common oak 
a wise...

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Isaiah 43:2 “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest...

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Father, because of you I feel so relaxed,
Through You today I'll chill.
Let all be well inside my heart,
Because calmness is your will.
I'll take it easy...

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O’er gentle sunrise, tender peace abides
Light risks striking shadows of darkest night
Moon and stars flow, cling to the sky as guides

Glowing on wings, beyond the...

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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
—William Shakespeare

Cupid Knocks

War waged with red ribbons and lights of white.
The lights pure, expansive, deep and wide;
and ribbons...

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(a quick, staccato tapping of imaginary typewriter keys)

december!

(d(arkness)).
(e(nding)).
(c(old)).
(e(ven so)).
(m(emory(christmas hanukkah kwanza))).
(b(efore(ten))).
(e(ach(a flicker))).
(r(estless(me))).

(a pause; a cigarette flicked into an unseen ashtray).

(born)this(month)me,
(a small(fear))a big(joy)a whispered(prayer),
(this)light(a(breath))).

(a final, almost...

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Christmas season
I'm overwhelmed with the gratitude 
I feel with my family 
While spending it quietly
I can feel joy in small things
And I have a big...

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There's no one cause I'm done,
With the sore and the pain.

But there's awe with my faith,
That is growing again.

The peace I'm embracing,
It has filled my...

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    Chanukah, Christmas -- the same day this year
    Though Chanukah’s minor, it too spreads cheer
   ...

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You’re a whisper of gentle, soft as light
Playing on the shadows, 
Blessing the darkest night –
Remembering the beautiful on the winds
When my heart blamed you
For...

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Just a leaf, falling blindly
Seeking light, breathing the night
In melancholic, still and cool
Flames of gentle in colors and hues
Soft as the twilight, pouring
Grace through the...

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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. - Norman Vincent Peale

May the beautiful star, shining so...

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Spent a day with my ex this Christmas season.
Both his hands were now green so I asked,
"what's the reason?"
Was he painting, a project, and they...

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I saw a picture of my mother,
when she was young – just a teen.
My heart was stirred because in that photo,
I could see the inklings...

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Imagine what they must have felt,
Burning in their heart, to melt
Away the bitterness and fears,
All the darkness from past years….

Imagine how their souls were blessed
Could...

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