Short Sprucing Poems

My home is small but cozy.
My furniture is old.
It’s all in need of sprucing up,
Or so I have been told.

But just a block of walking
Brings the river into view
Where benches sit there waiting – 
There’s not much I’d rather do.

I’ve heard, when searching for a home,
Location is the key;
My apartment near the river
Is the perfect place for me....

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Shed the coat and hat and scarf
'Cause today, I'll bet,
If the sun comes out you will
Be drip-drip-dripping sweat.

Take a walk or grab your bike.
Note emerging blooms
Sprucing up the landscape
For the springtime, one assumes.

Just don't get too comfy;
Leave some sweaters in your drawers,
Since temps on Sunday will return
To those with winter's roars....

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Christmas scintilla dressed in Holiday cheer 
Merry Christmas has become something dear
Though Santa is sprucing up his new red suit,   
its good old St. Nick that I loved, in my youth
Yuletide greetings coming from a lit computer 
Santa used to fly on a sled  and not a scooter  
I'll take an old fashioned Christmas of beauty 
over a modern Christmas, of gifts and duty ......

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A special November day
for children, laughter and play.
To others, a day full of loved ones.
A meal too big for all, plates ladened with love.
Amazing how we relate love to stuffing.
Father and son eye the sport,
belts unbuckled, bare bellies rubbed.
Saving the dishes for later,
joyful colors adorn humble abodes,
sprucing up dreary days.
Day one of the rejoicing era 
is soon to follow....

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