New Years Poems - Poems about New Years

A Poem for a Year's Ending

By Michael Parker

Days have flown quickly by like fearsome comets. 
Here then gone; here then gone. 

My hair is colored moonlight. 
My bones are brittle as the limbs 
of the trees cracking 
from the touch of winter’s deepening freeze.  

If I could disclose a secret, it is 
suffering has visited me like an old

Interlude

Each year I spend a part of New Year’s Day
relaxing, still, in quiet solitude.
Reflecting on the past twelve months, I pray
for strength and wisdom for the brand-new year.
Included in my silent interlude
are pleas to face life's changes without fear.

I thank the Lord for blessings I've received,
including loved ones and all lessons learned.
Life is so good,

Fireplace

                                Red
                      

Nowruz

The mirror breathes beneath my palm—
twelve days polishing chrome and calm.

Sabzeh¹ sprouts in jam-jar earth,
each blade a green and tender birth—

a promise held through patient hours,
while mother counts rice grains and saffron flowers.

The goldfish circles, bored by glass,
as hours drip like drops that pass.

What grows inside that cannot be named?
A hunger neither blessed nor shamed—

I

The Story Rolls On

Yo, check the wall! New calendar's up!
Crisp corners, dates so clean, what's up?
"New Year, New Beginning!" the cards all scream,
Same old story, same old tired dream.
But out HERE, where the city grinds,
Where the real world leaves the fairy tales behind,
A new beginning? Nah, that's a lie!
The story keeps rolling, till the day we die!
Like the

New Years Day

New Years Day

You say she's the one for you
And who am I to deny that's true? 
You live with the promise of her forever
And certainly seem to forget our endeavor. 

Now my pen is quiet
with gentle brush strokes
no more of the fury
no more of the fire, 
It's gone with the wind
And no longer has desire.

NEW YEARS BAKE OFF

My Greek grandmother and godmother, cousins,
My grandma baked and cooked homely,
My Nona, my godmother exotically,
Each one perfect, one couldn’t fault either,
Their husbands, playing backgammon
Looked up and winked at each other,
Each one betting a fiver!
Their competitiveness intensely extreme,
They would have won if they’d thought
Of working as a team.

A pinch of salt each one would throw
Over their

I need

I need a second to breathe.

In the mirror, I trace the lines
The weight of my body seeping out the confines
Nineteen summers yet shadows remain
I wish and I hope but my thoughts are tangled in pain

I need a minute to think.

I scroll through the pictures, everyone’s smiles so bright
Flawless skin glowing in soft, golden light
But here

Dancing Into the Unknown

The old year fades, its echoes drifting light, 
A newborn spark ignites the midnight sky. 
We laugh, we drink, we dance into the night,
A fleeting wish, a dream that longs to fly.
Resolutions sworn in candle’s sight,
Yet whispered vows may fade as days go by.
But in this hour, with hope and love we glow, 
The past

resolution

The clock struck twelve,
but the world didn’t change—
no fireworks, no sudden clarity,
just you and me
sitting cross-legged on the carpet,
our hands sticky with spilled tea.
You laughed,
tilting your head back
like the stars might answer,
and I thought,
if this is what every year looks like,
I’ll be fine.

Third day of CNY

2025.1.31
Third and final formal celebration day.
Three main days of CNY,
Have peacefully enjoyed by many Chinese.
The affluent people will continue
Celebrate upto 14 days.
The red packets, AngPao or lixi
Will be given out to friends and distance relatives.
I had given two to BB,
I believe he is single and still available.
This Sunday, the Lions dances
Will be demonstrated in the

New Year's Hope

A promise of new beginnings,
A hope for brighter tomorrows;
A time to loose from all sorrows
And bind to faith so enriching.

A promise of new beginnings,
And resolve to redeem today;
If God is for us, come what may.
A time to praise, rejoice, repent,
And reflect on the time we spent.
Let us be glad this New Year’s Day.

CNY 2nd day

2025.1.30
CNY 2nd day.
Today, the celebration continues.
People visit their distance relatives,
Their grand parents, aunties, uncles and cousins,
The CNY visiting's routine become formal and practical,
The meals is also less glamorous
There will be lobster, oysters and prawns.
The rotating hexagon box,
Full of sweets and candies are still on.
Chinese people believe,
What happens in the first three days in CNY,
Will repeat

My music adventure

May 2024, when I decided to stay away,
To help keep my feelings at bay.
I found a piano at this place.
Started practicing, thinking of impressing someone.
Now, the friendship has long gone.
I continue to play the piano at many places.
That was how my music adventure started.
Today, while playing at MC,
Something amazing happened.
A young man stood by and

1st day of CNY

Today is the first day of CNY.
It arrives with a beautiful sunshine. 
It also helps to put all the cleaning work at bay.
At least for the next seven days,
All the rooms in the house
Shall remain fresh and sparkling clean.
The children will wake up this morning, 
To find a new bright and happy day,
They will receive

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