Holiday Quintain (English) Poems

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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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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Hawaii football beat BYU three times in December
Those were my greatest holiday mementos to crow
Of all the holiday gifts those I'll always remember
To see our...

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Wasn't High Street so well decorated for the holidays. 
So many lights and other artefacts, with Christmas tree so rife. 
Everyone shop-windowing, hardly a friendly...

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Apples, oranges, nuts; awesome fragrances.
And the spirit of love and joy was of no human origin.
Our father did not express tenderness, but Christmas
convinced us that...

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Christmas is almost here,                                          ...

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Not one more me and you's
 the silence that layout in the open
  reveals the unsaid truths
 everything is broken
 nothing left for love...

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Heat creeps across unsuspecting December 
Screech of insects' pitch is matched to previous years 
Mirror humidity shimmer doesn't remember 
Last Summer a virus spread, inducing...

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Church bells muffled on Sunday
Whispered almost silent as people glide in to pray
Inclement weather conditions toll a long good-bye
Blizzards come with mounds of snow on...

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Mawmaw's icebox fruitcake sliced
Expose those colorful candied fruits
coarsely diced and smell so very nice
Sweetened condensed milk doesn't dilute
Chopped pecans and raisins~tasters recruit  

How about...

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The holiday over, time for goodbye 
Waving until they rounded the bend
Now I can safely have a bit of a cry
Not wanting the time together...

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On the top of a large hill
Fear envelopes, hate carries on
Ghosts play and have a thrill
They live it up on the lawn
People avoid this place...

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They are tortured souls
Breaking life through the night
Pumpkins take their tolls
Living with their greatest light
A climax of their dire sight

Russell Sivey

Also in Tanka form...

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Silver bells ring faintly through the wintry wooded land
from shiny horse-drawn sleighs gliding across powdered snow.
I cuddle up to a toasty fire with hot cocoa...

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Just listen to the lyrics of “Canadian Sunset”.
You will get the message I wish to convey to you.
It makes me want to board an Air...

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