Farolitos: lanterns of candlelight;
Luminarias: outdoor fires of pine.
Both light quiet path on a Christmas night
for Mary and Joseph, old ones define
messages that the new babe is divine.
A candle in sack borrows from the two:
a delicate, hanging Chinese lantern,
and small fires left as a signal, in lieu
of rocks and tree signs, which later we learn
prompted phones and texts that we now discern.
Small fires still left, but a radiant glow
of Farolitos light wall and pathway.
All over cities and hamlets they show
an amazing, yet reverent, display
of warm stillness that gentles end of day.
December 13, 2022
"A Christmas Special Poetry Contest"
by Emile Pinet
Categories:
luminarias, appreciation, beauty, birth, celebration,
Form: Quintain (English)
Feliz Navidad, carolers sing so fare
Smell of Tamales, Posole, red chile fill the air
Christmas eve, luminarias all a glow
Spirit and magic of Christmas in New Mexico
Categories:
luminarias, christmas, december, holiday,
Form: Quatrain