Christmas Light Verse Poems

The doctor spent hours fitting me with glasses
Those are the ones! My owner said.
Valentines Day is coming up.
And they will look cute at Christmas said...

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
What a charming kid you are.
Across the silver screen you prance,
Though you can't act, or sing, or dance,
But for six whole years
Your...

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I don't follow many sports.
I'm boring you see.
Samantha, my cat, does apparently.
In these Pennsylvania winters of snow and ice,
I may have watched hockey, once or...

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May you get to spend time alone,
But never get to be lonesome.

May you never get so drunk,
You find yourself sitting on a shelf with an...

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It's Christmas Eve at the North Pole,
But everybody is resting,
And Santa's sleigh's not been loaded
Because the elves are protesting.
They're demanding better wages,
A four-day work week,...

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..from that same kid several years and a couple of divorces later...

Dearest Santa,
Here's my list of things for which I am keen,
I've kept it lean,
In...

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Manset was a gorgeous Christmas mouse.
He spied her scurrying into her hole.
Even her pajamas were pretty!
How could he meet her?

He asked his mother.
Manset is too...

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Is this tree beautiful or what?
Her grandson did not see a tree.
All he saw was Jane Mansfield.

So she showed the picture to her son.
He did...

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The blue

In Christmas..

It's often omitted

By demands for 

Seasonal joy..

Yet the blue

Overwhelms in the

News of the day..

Asking:

Can the joy happen

Without the blue?

And likewise

Can the blue happen

Without...

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Author's note: This piece, dear reader, is my idea of a possible 3rd grade writing assignment around this time of year.

Dear Santa,
What I'd really like...

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The answer to just about every question has reference to Time!
Time to react,
Time to act.
Time to prepare,
Time to spare.

Time to share,
Time to disappear.
Time to listen,
Time...

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Take my advice,
And don't let your spouse,
Think you can replace God in the scheme of things,
As you will have a hard time explaining,
That you have...

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The 1959 Sears Christmas Catalog is here
My sister and I are taking turns circling things we want.
Every page has circles, stars, hearts, from our pens.
We...

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Christmas, promises and gifts
do everything differently...
offer love, urgent, is wished...

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My grandmas, grandpas and some uncles are gone
Including my beloved dad is now in heaven
I miss them when Christmas season comes
They’re huge missing part of...

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