Short Livingroom Poems

The kids need a toy box.
So spacious, padded and erect.
Embrace the future!
The casket in the livingroom 
   With toys to the brim....

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Three little deer with no where to go
showed up last night and
slept on my livingroom floor.

I had forgotten to latch 
the sliding glass door. The
storm outside promised to be very cold.

When I saw their little faces
what else could I say... but,
“You're welcome for the night,
but tomorrow – back on your way.”...

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Where fatso's by the fireplace
His wicked fingers teasing
A velvet suit shows ashes on
for yuling peoples pleasing

When awnings on a window top
reveal a shadow stalking
And presence through a livingroom
embark on children's stockings

That all who come to care at Christmas
Know Santa's on his way
when all who glow by fireside
are Christian for the stay...

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Livingroom is full of absolute crazy joy.
It is more colorful than a toddler’s toy.
The designer knows the buyer very well.
They grew up together in Wisconsin Dells.

I love everything about it the recipient said.
She knows my tastes from my kitchen to my bed.
They are sisters and have grown up together.
No better investment, uplifting colors in every weather....

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Called up by the Lord
I should be happy
He suffers no more
But I miss him so
Nothing is the same
Or will ever be

In my livingroom
I put up a tree while
We were still hopeful
It was the day after
Remembrance Day

I keep it lit day and night
Wanting nothing more than
To stay alone with my sorrow
Me and my Christmas mourning
This tree by my side



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on November 17, 2018 for contest CHRISTMAS MOURNING sponsored by P.S. AWTRY...

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