Short Festivities Poems

Party goers dancing 
food and festivities abound 
fun and exciting time...

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new orleans
mardi gras
beads for show



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on June 24, 2018...

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The festivities 

The nauseous time of year 
When booze is handy
 Sentimentality 
Silly hats doesn`t touch me
Safe inside a fog of disbelief...

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 fall
rust shades
leaves dapple
cool playful ground
perennials bloom
festivities
shorter days
long nights
fall

11/7/2023...

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The Freedom
Creator's attributive virtue

Poets create,
By the festivities of creation
created poetry wants the freedom 


-Monday, June 24, 2019 Chattogram...

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In my youth during the war years
At our July First festivities three cheers
They held a Tug 'O War
Police and Fire to the fore
At times life is like a Tug 'O War it appears...

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Christmas Carols
 
Whenever you in any shop
they blast out the bloody carols
the business has trivialised 
us into harassed shoppers
hating carols, dreading this time 
of festivities and joy....

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Irresponsibly jolly
Afternoon of folly
Amusement found
Festivities abound
Lightheaded foolishness
Bouts of happiness
Joyous merriment
Heart’s glorious alignment



posted on March 19, 2019...

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Opened a can of tuna, yummy yum yum
My niece in Vancouver knew we were having some
Her cats, they declared
Needed dough for the airfare
To partake of the festivities or be stricken dumb...

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Opened a can of tuna, yummy yum yum
My niece in Vancouver knew we were having some
Her cats, they declared
Needed scratch for the airfare
To partake of the festivities or be stricken dumb...

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Midnight flashing lights

tree huggers dancing around

like festivities.

Should I join them for the night

Or ensnare this happiness?



Written: 03/11/22
an entry to "Firefly Tanka Poetry Contest"...

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Halloween is my fondest time of year,
but not for its festivities.
I hide behind a mask every day of the year,
but on Halloween it's not just me.
Beneath my mask on Halloween is the true me, that no one ever sees....

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Clicking on all cylinders, must be the weather
Though wetter than usual, this summer's been better
For outdoor festivities
It curtails activities
Not as steamy, where do I send my thank you letter?...

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November


A small note concerning November.

It’s the month for “Remember Remember.”

Curb your Yuletide proclivities,

Put a lid on festivities.

Because Christmas belongs in December!...

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Foster
 family
 festivities 
 making each holiday
 special.
 
 Our gifts 
 shall vanish 
 but fostered love
 will bind us together 
 as one.



Written by Brenda Meier-Hans 
11.09.2014
Dr. Mehta’s Contest 
Cinqku
1st...

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Spring days like these
Were made for katie ruellia –
Who is royalty among flowers –
Robed delicately in purple.
She's arrived at the festivities –
The trumpeters blow a sennet.
Her crown is the leaves;
The butterflies – her subjects....

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Festive fireworks foraging forcefully,
firework flames... flashing, floating, fading.
Families figure favorite fashions.
Friends find fizzling firecrackers.
Fireworks feature fantastic forms.
Frozen faces fathom fascinating festivities!...

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She was fat, not pregnant, to say the least.
She filled her plate at the family feast.
Craving pickles brought her down.
Howling laughter brought her frown.
Flatulence increased, festivities ceased!

© Dane Smith-Johnsen
October 16, 2010...

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Bittersweet days gone.
Thanksgiving festivities,
cooking and laughter.
Celebrations with my Dad,
I will forever cherish!


11/7/21
Contest: A Thanksgiving Tanka Poetry Contest
Sponsor: L Milton Hankins
(5 7 5 7 7 syllable count checked with PS)...

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festivities of the elevated
ocean derails into a vol-
canic eruption of iso-
teric consumption
retarding ways of rage
cools into an organic
mass of ice then me-
lts fossils of the
extinct creatures sere-
nading the warm broth
of growth
who is god...

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Glistening, dazzling
Whispering gentle
Colorful ribbons
Pines, sentimental
Christmas miracles

Lovely spirit
Blessing our hearts
Silent night heard
Winds blowing hope

Christmas bells
Carols sung
Merry souls

Spices
Winter

Joy
...

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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 gaze.
Elated with so many presents was my wife. 
Yet how we have forgotten our life of strife....

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Ladies 
And
Gentlemen 
Welcome to this evenings quiz
Are you all liquid refreshed 
And have you all been to the Loo

Let the festivities start
Question number 1
Where the hell are the question's 
Gosh Darnit 
I knew I forgot something 
Anyone for Scrabble...

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Families gather with
Friends to greet the New Year.
Festivities include
Fireworks which explode and
Flash in the midnight sky
Falling in a dazzling
Frenzy of colored sparks. 

Contest Christmas or New Years Pleiades
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich
12~24~16...

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Canada's Olympic team,
pro weightlifters 
and skiers,
sat down to a celebration gala,
grand festivities at the 
ACC,
a feast of Cheerios and
a glass of water,
passed 
with
handshakes,
candles and cupcakes,
everyone wishing
to be back to that moment,
when they beat the odds....

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