Christmas Places Poems

Summon your demons, devils, and wraiths,
visit moments of hurt and loss.
Replay what might have been, wrestle with regrets,
Do “if only” scenes haunt your past?

I follow...

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On the first day of Christmas my hubby gave to me
A large whoopie pie

On the Second day of Christmas my hubby gave to me
Two fishing...

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Down came jolly Santa, lickety-split
not checking to see if a fire was lit.
He shot out of the chimney
while dancing a fast shimmy-
His job is oft...

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Christmas in Paris with gentle snow falling
Listening to the bells of Notre Dame calling
The faithful from their frantic shopping spree,
A sleigh ride through the Tuileries,...

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2022 Rouge River

The Good
Population 2,418 people with 5 Police Officers, Murders 0 in 2022 it has one of each, Doctors office, Grocery store, Pharmacy, hardware...

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golden fried doughnuts
ice cream made of new snowfall
backyard starlit woods

moonlight children's tales
still lingering in my mind
Halloween treat bags

adopted kitties
a Christmas tree from the woods
homemade ornaments

bluebirds...

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“When thoughts cease to flow ~                   ...

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I  cannot recall my very first place 
as a baby I did not know my home; 
a new baby's room dressed with pretty lace...

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Last days at the playground
Kiddies squealing with delight
Before the rangers take down swings
And cover the merry-go-round
With waterproof canvassing.
Tots return to their playrooms at home
And dream...

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Let's travel and see what we can see,                 ...

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A nurse takes time
To hang a DNA rainbow strain
Of Christmas bulbs
Along my gray window ledge

He plugged them in
Bringing a campfire glow of embers
Under my lids
And...

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After Glow

The pumpkin pie is steaming in the oven, 
just exactly right for the evening dessert. 
A sweet remembrance of all things...
that have happened since...

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Christmas Town is ever bright,
so many vivid colored lights 
and fresh snowfall is such a sight;
how it invites, how it invites.

The houses there are never...

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To Heaven

My Lord, my King, 
my Sovereign Father, 
mercy and grace.
The finest flowers for the 
hour of Your birth. 

Lost are the souls born of...

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This place of poetry where I reside -
it will have been a decade by this year’s end
since, as a favor for a friend, I first...

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