Christmas Quintain (English) Poems

The gifts are wrapped and ‘neath the tree
in brightly colored bags and bows.
I now sit back, my mind set free
to contemplate these thoughts I chose
and...

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The parties Gina plans for Halloween,
just for adults, are always a success.
The games aren’t evil, raunchy, or obscene,
just entertaining. Plus, guests get to dress
in costumes....

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“Oh holy night…” “All is calm, all is bright…”
Divine hymns echo soothing chimes of grace
Reverberating hopefulness’ delight…
Amidst miraculous truth, faith does embrace
Christmas is the Lord’s...

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The wheel of time makes seasons come and go
The touch of their fleeting footfall I feel
Through my life’s meadow they all saunter slow  
Their...

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Christmas,
Is a festival of will.
If you are a child , your will is getting gifts .
If you are a adult , your will is making...

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Christmas is a special time of the year
Where world-wide’s grandiose feasts swell
People cook, decorate overwhelmingly and cheer
Spirit of love, hope, joy and sharing dwell
Family and...

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My arbored vines were frozen since mid-December.
The seasonal chill, no one is able to tame,
but my red winter roses, planted in September,
have profusely budded and...

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How special is a Christmas filled with the delight
of children as they rush down to the decorated tree
after having barely slept through the entire night.
Sweet...

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A special Christmas is sublime
Transcendent in many ways
Like simplicity at teatime
Hiding uncomplicated gifts from gaze
Singing jubilant carols of praise

Christmas tree hunting upon the land
Searching every...

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Tis that season yet again
When the world did receive
A person free from sin
A babe sent not to deceive
But take us as we are into relieve

When...

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A December Memento

Christmas Day dessert luscious Sherry Cream
Light as an angel's sigh,
Sweet as a Christmas Eve dream,
No Yuletide plum pudding for us, or mince pie,
With...

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I find the Christmas season can be very sad,
because it reminds me of all I have lost;
my sister, grandma, grandpa, mom and dad,
my husband...

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Farolitos: lanterns of candlelight;
Luminarias: outdoor fires of pine.
Both light quiet path on a Christmas night
for Mary and Joseph, old ones define
messages that the new babe...

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In dawn's aura, mountains glistened with snow.
Rooster's crowing proclaimed the break of day.
December's frosty winds began to blow
as clouds shadowed a sullen shade of gray,
and...

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An album filled with photographs
of Christmas Day five years ago.
I still see smiles and hear the laughs
when my mom's face was all aglow,
now interred beneath...

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