Winterberries hang overhead
With which arbor hold delightful red.
Wind upward warmth thread;
Winged fairies wed, fluttered, and fled.
. HARK the heralding angels sing.
DARK night, born, Christ the King.
DART across the skies, a star.
PART to signal Christ's birth afar.
PARK their camels, three wise men.
LARK and nightingale warble Amen.
LANK shepherds pray on high.
SANK and descended, the star is nigh.
. HATE it when you left, I pined.
HAVE memories so entwined.
HIVE of activity fills my mind.
LIVE for you, my one of a kind.
LOVE sees all, its never blind.
Jesus; he is Christ and he’s what Christmas is about
Jests and silly little jokes, some atheists will tout
Tests on shrouds would later prove a little inconclusive.
Tents would be too public for an imminent exclusive
Rents agreed for stabling when the virgin birth was due
Rants from Joseph, “Who’s this man who laid his hands on you?”
Mants inflict the Scot as statue’s eyes in blood do run
Manta rays glide ’neath the waves, where all life had begun
Santa, flies the skies above till Christmas Eve is done
[Mants = Stammers (primarily Scots)]
Snow is drifting beautifully down.
Slow is the traffic this Christmas Eve in town.
Glow from moon and stars makes it all right.
Grow, Christmas joy, in my heart tonight.
WORD MORPH a wordplay form: the trick is to transform (morph)just one letter of opening word yet still remain poetic
WARM to me my love,do not cool
WARE am I,you made me your fool
FARE no further for I fear
FIRE extinguished by one tear-
FINE words might yet..ope your ear
Good
nurturing, beneficial
integrity, constructive, savior
familys, helpers, healers, sentinels
seducing, witchcraft, plotting
stripping, seducing
Evil
WARM to me my love,do not cool
WARE am I,you made me your fool
FARE no further for I fear
FIRE extinguished by one tear-
FINE words might yet..ope your ear
A song is a poem that seized its opportunity to fly
A dance is a close-lipped soliloquy narrated by vigor
A story is a word with blazing sentiments that can't die
Every mastery is a tenacious failure
A laugh is a smile learning to be an extrovert
A noise is a whisper that couldn't stay in its zone
A race is a walk with ambitions it won't desert
Those who crawl out of their shell become full-blown
-Nicola An
You could,
but you can’t
You would,
though you won’t
You did,
then you didn’t
You were
—and you weren’t
(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)
THE CHALLENGE IS TO CHANGE JUST ONE LETTER OF THE FIRST WORD OF EACH LINE AND YET STILL REMAIN POETIC
WARM to me my love,do not cool
WARE am I,you made me your fool
FARE no further for I fear
FIRE extinguished by one tear-
FINE words might yet..ope your ear
WARM to me my love,do not cool
WARE am I,you made me your fool
FARE no further for I fear
FIRE extinguished by one tear-
FINE words might yet..ope your ear
morph-articles:
are-
tick-ills
arctic-kill
articles
heart-
tic-kills
are-tick-ill
articles
sand sand
A SOUL in wait for you lies
Knowing and repenting all FOUL she tries
Everyone calls her a FOOL
But her eyes have a never-ending POOL
Where in WOOL she wraps her love well and good
Deep inside her heart in a chest of WOOD
Her eyes HOOD themselves as a shield
They HOLD smile that only for you yeilds
Her love, she makes it BOLD
So nothing and no one could ever make it FOLD.
Leach lessons come with rains of spring on soil.
Give freely wise teach without toil,
for soon enough the blossoms of peach arrive.
Embrace the flower, inhale peace and strive.
What follows is song bird’s perch on arch
and fruit when summer's heat will parch.
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