Christmas Prose Poems

I was off for my vacation. After a long flight and drive, I reached my cozy apartment. Stars like diamonds filled the cold January night....

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A REFLECTION OF PASSING TIME


At age 15,   
    Afternoons could last a week,
    Especially if nothing could...

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Lord. There are many prayers that I could offer
this Christmas, but here is just one of them.

Lord. I want to be a spreader of good...

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Each year when Christmas waves goodbye,
We say never again will we buy into it,
Yet each year we hope this Christmas will be the one,
That the...

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I Am a Believer in a King

I believe I do, in it all:
The story of a Manger in a Barn;
Where Mary and Joseph had laid
Jesus...

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I was eight-years-old. 
Waiting for my twin to finish holding baby David.
Grandpa came up and said give me the baby.
I said "Grandpa, I have been...

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I claimed ---and passionately---
that I'd never have a small dog, 
much less one with "poo" in its name.
Not for me yappy Yorkies, shivering Chihuahuas,
shaky Shih...

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After boxing day,
What are we going to do,
I look at you ,
And you look at me,
Simultaneously we 
Say, we have 6 days free	
We look a...

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Queen of Materialism Versus Queen of Minimalism
She shops and shops and shops and shops.
She is either in a store or on the phone.
Amazon boxes surround...

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To access the house there was a slight slope from the sidewalk, the door was in the gap under the stairs that led to the...

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The witch took advantage of the bad wind of the dark mornings of the last millennium, and in her rite of hatred, she gathered and...

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Favorite ornament?A snowman couple made out of Christmas balls,
A bit of stiff taffeta and a silk skirt on Mama Snowman
A tiny blue jacket on Daddy...

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Why do you do it? Scrooge asks Santa.
What? Santa asks.
All that ho ho ho, Christmas cheer, Scrooge says.
Bah humbug I say.

Santa ponders how to reply,
knowing...

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At the family Christmas dinner I asked my nephews, all smart and educated lads, about NFT's and cryptocurrency.  They agreed that NFT's are just...

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Shebra was a luxury he could ill afford.
Expensive tastes, and wanted designer clothes.
Her shoes cost him a week’s salary.
But he was tired of paying child...

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