Evergreen corpses strewn on sidewalks
like victims of plague,
still adorned with specks of tinsel
abandoned and forlorn
once welcome houseguests now in the street
never to greet another New Year
all the presents unwrapped
put in proper place
beside last years loot of
sweaters, records and notebooks
never got written in
nothing to drink and no money for the bar
the food all gone except for leftovers
that no longer appear appetizing
to the eyes of yuletide withdrawal
I walk down the street
and see no one,
all the decorations down
on television Jimmy Stewart
kisses Donna Reed for eternity
and here I am.
Melting away is the year 2024.
We powered through or failed, but the hour is no more.
For the New Year celebrants, tonight gives no clue,
But I wish a year of happiness to everyone of you.
Happy New Year.
So like a puzzle, poorly jigsawed, with edges that never meet.
Shredded, sliced, and torn; and much too small to be folded or broken.
Wee bits of paper, wafting in the air, and falling to the street,
As the throng below shout the words which once a year are spoken.
In pastel tints are these minced papers, that float on gusts of air,
But now they pause in anticipation as midnight's hour comes near,
Then sail to earth like windsurfers, to signal this night without care.
Now is a time for choice and direction, as they hail in the New Year.
EarthTribe dancing divas
still indulge emphatic circling
meditations
Dogmatically embodying
mindful medications
Producing peaceful pleasures
spiraling passions
against war's relentless anti-paradise
Dancing resiliently within
organic drama
while resonantly without
systemic trauma
Right hand
and foot
open out
in front of
future win/win
mindfully embodied
penetrations
in behind Left past
win/lose shady
mean predations
Right hand gratefully open
virtuous praising circles
inviting LeftBrain
viscous
vicarious healing
vicious marches
in ancient patristic
hierarchical lines
Resolving EarthDivas
now prancing in space-timed spirals
extending boundaries
to soon embrace love's immortal
body-mindful warm regard
Together circling
Earth's silent empowering
dormant winter solstice
starlit witnessing Adventure
Enlightening
dancing Gaia-With-Us
inside win/win
newborn presence Presents
Divinely humane
returning RightHand up
and LeftFoot forward
round wombed joy
Voiced
and love choiced
again
Indigenous divas
dancing EarthMother's
ancient wisdom
passion
light
power.
Every year since she was ten
She dreamed of the day
She’d be old enough
To count down to ten
And share a kiss into the new year.
Her first time away from family
And hope is a warmth in her chest.
Will this finally be the day
She goes into the new year
With her dream fulfilled?
On the couch with credits rolling,
The clock has struck 12
And her heart is tense.
Her chest sinks in discomfort.
No countdown into the new year.
She answers the family video call
Where all scream happy new year.
He mouths happy new year
And leaves her to them.
Soft disappointment is met
At the missed opportunity
Of a shared kiss
With the one man she thought
Was the answer to everything.
Another year without that moment.
Once again, her dream is unmet.
How long will she wait
For it to be met?
How long until she kisses someone at midnight,
Their lips meeting into the new year...
The year is over so I promise,
in fact insistently I swear,
I will not drink, deceive or gamble
or swear.
Just like every new year,
This new year too I've made
Five Resolutions to revolutionize my 2022
which are as below, listed:
1. To score good grades in the upcoming tests,
As these years of my school are crucial for my career.
2. To get in shape - healthy and fit,
As currently I look more like a teddy bear.
3. To learn cooking delicious food,
As I'm a foodie who loves eating more than cooking.
4. To seek an apology and mend my equations with all those,
whom, in 2021, I've hurt, and made them upset and angry.
5. And last but not the least, and this one is very important for me,
Is to do such a thing that will make my parents say-
"I'm proud of you, my child!"
I've taken these resolutions not for the sake of this new year,
I really mean it, when I say- these, for me, will revolutionize the upcoming year.
DATE- 22/12/2021
CONTEST NAME - FIVE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
SPONSOR- L MILTON HANKINS
Firecrackers bursting tare,
New years, new tear...
Burst the durst,
Accurst in an outburst,
Rainfalls witnessing the tough times,
Outfalls are the rough mistimes...
A go to his ego,
Forego the flamingo,
Bye to a lovely lover, my heart...
Eyes are gravely over, my harte...
Broom, a bloom in his room,
Groom, a doom in his darkroom...
Wishing all my Soup friends a very Happy and Peaceful 2021!
Happy New Year to all my Soup friends,
And my loved ones far and near.
Prayers to you from bottom of my heart for
Peace, happiness and good health throughout as
Yet another dawn sprinkles fresh colours of hope.
Never let the radiance of your inner strength fade,
Every moment's peace be painted with strokes of poise,
When endless waves of despair ends your serenity.
You, with mettle and grit, have thrived many such
Eclipse like moments of dark in the past,
As brightness boldly basks in his own beam,
Rising up from the dark umbra of havoc.
we jump with joy
born was our little boy
came in
it was snowing and the wind
was our this is not mabe
NEWYEAR
BABY
your life your gold
so be bold
going wrong way
do it today
to much sin
this would to shear
its a newyear
new friend
was a newyear gas
thinking how it last
it got started
we party
all night lone
the music set tone
we drink and stink
was newyear clover
end up
with a
NEWYEARS HANGOVER
its a long night
city bright lights
look up
ball in the cup
as clock tick
come down quick
mabe cold be bold
dress
don't look a mess
and don't run
less hear a shotgun
ITS
NEW YEARS EVE
FUN
its sit until midnight
has shinne corlor lights
music play
than you hear the sound
as ball comes down
they look up as the cup
as it fall
the ball
THE
NEWYEAR ON TOP
OF THE WALL
Curtain falls and curtain folds
Thus, it means all aching voids
(May they be carats of golds),
Be in mind buried unsold.
Happy new year everyone!
Hope that things are all well done.
Set aside your woebegone,
And start your new year a happy one.
Forgive and forget
And then celebrate;
And a sound mind, indeed
Is all you ever need!
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