Short Swaddling Poems

Winter’s bearing down
birthing a blizzard of snow
— swaddling baby

3/7/2018...

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The light of the Sun
nuzzles the verdure of Earth
with gold fingertips
of chlorophyll-induced warmth 
like a babe in swaddling cloth....

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Softest pack for swaddling,
Mary's blood rich swollen womb cradles Christ,
embryo wrapped grace of God.

Faye Lanham Gibson
Copyright, December 19, 2015...

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A brother and a sister, united,
beneath the welcome warmth
of our swaddling clothes
until our mother’s
uncontrolled anger
make us bitter foes
for the rest of our lives....

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Fireworks up in the sky I see
Bold colors divided up tee
Winds colored by shadows up high
Memories of yore scribbling scores
Scintillating wraiths of anchors
Stalling, swaddling tight on my thigh....

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Black
satiny, ebony
dashing, unbridling, entertaining
formal tuxedo, athlete, wedding gown, chalk
snowing, swaddling, sparkling
cottony, sudsy
White


Written April 29, 2021...

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 O heaven covers
 the baby like a blanket yonder star 
Embrace eyes ever smiling
 Christmas miracle 
Baby swaddling Wrapped 
Saving the world baby boy
 God With Us 
Jesus

12/25/19
Written word by James Edward Lee Sr  2019©...

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Hope Zona Man's okay, didn't get an overdose of pricks
Uh please excuse, cactus thorns, sharp pointy things, oh fiddlesticks
Let's just call them tiny daggers
Making JJ scream and stagger
Just wrap him up in swaddling clothes, this raving lunatic...

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In the city of David,Bethlehem,
beaming stars spread across the sky,
lights reflecting from all nooks,
cool breeze with twinkling elements,
ramshackled stead enveloped
 with clusters of shimmers.
Baby Jesus wrapped in swaddling cloths
but engulfed with eternal glory,
the honour that abounds forever....

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Dear God
In the sundry scatterness of truth
And the sultry pillage of the brute
Bind me up again
In swaddling rags
And burial ointment for the pain.

For through death
I shall approach my birth
Better than a resurrection
Of lilies
From the immortal bulb
Of only faith
Dear God
Let me be consumed in you....

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Rounded corners and soft edges
Come to us 
Like white geese waddling
Small babies swaddling 
Without knowing
them as gifts

We are
Much deeper 
Than our borders.
Past skin and heart
And long into the soul.

We are all and ever only
Wishes from before

And we are all and ever only 
Dreams of something more....

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New born
in swaddling clothes,
I,in this manger,lay
for you to see and digest,this 
new day-
...still
unsaid
aloud,unread
or incunabula-
hours old,perhaps by grandchildren..
re-told

Note The earliest printed books are called incunabula ( Latin for swaddling clothes).They 
resembled the manuscipt they superseded....

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Wrapped in pretty paper,
Trimmed with ribbons and bows.
The grand gift of Christmas,
A babe in swaddling clothes.

From a manger to the cross,
Humble birth, so too the end.
There was no room in the inn,
Opens the greatest tale ever penned.

Now we celebrate His birthday,
With caroling and lighted tree.
A season filled with giving,
Yet, the grandest gift is free!...

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To wake without alarm--
That would be nice.
To go out early once
Where the cardinal
Is already up, 
To shed the night wrap
And swaddling house
To go out early once
Without a cigarette 
Or coffee cup,
Before some obligation
Calls me indolent
And back inside
To compromise 
On schedule,
To go out early once
To feel the leisure 
Grace of welcome--
That would be nice....

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Our Lord arrived a tiny bundle
    swaddling cloths to keep Him warm.
They laid Him in a manger crude,
    this tiny human form.
His blessed Mother Mary
    knelt beside Him there that day
And Joseph stood in awesome reverence
    filled with wonder and dismay.
In this Child, this tiny One,
    God sent us our Redeemer.
Yes in this Child, God's Holy Child,
    man would find a Savior....

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Sherrie was loved, felt it every minute
Her mother was a cuddler, a hugger,
She had a good heart, and was kind
She never wanted to grow up

But she did grow up, and became a terrific mother
Hugging and loving her own children
Swaddling them from the world for a time,
Showing them they were blessed and loved.

And her children did the same with their children
Love begets love...

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We slowly ride this sacred night,
Look back on home below.
The earth is in a swaddling white—
Moon shadows on the snow.

This chosen time now seems just right
In lone star’s afterglow.
It guides our lives on this birth night
And flickers as we go.
. 
We’ll follow trails on that new day—
All blessings we shall know
Of inward peace and silent sleigh—
Moon shadows on the snow....

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Tristan

Oh, my fuTure grandson may your 
days be filled with miRrth…may the creator 
of the universe smile upon your bIrth…
I dream of Swaddling you and holding you tight…
safe and sound in mama’s belly, a couple more monThs,
You are blessed,  alreAdy, surrounded by love…
May the sun always shiNe brightly on you from above
So many await to welcome you into the world!



BY soon to be,
 Granma Jill...

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Sing a song of holiness,
Pocket full of grace.
Multitudes of angels
Wing about the place.
The skies above are opened
And all the angels sing.
Isn’t that a fitting gift
To place before the King?

The King is in the manger
Wrapped in swaddling clothes.
The queen is at His bedside
Sitting in repose.
The shepherds and the Magi
All bow down and adore
The little Child King
Who we know is Christ the Lord....

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Long hallways he preys
Looking for unsuspecting victims
Playgrounds and parking lots
Children going about their day

Avoiding those he knows will swat
The giant in the swaddling cloth
The sting, the bite, fangs fade away
His time to ponder, pause and plot

Against the fence, his belly full
Spies one more chance to strike a blow
But slowly creeping, circumspect
Our knight approaches, cracks his skull



12/08/13...

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And here come the shadows
Swaddling me in its sheets
Until I wrestle myself free
But each time it gets harder
And I want to give up
Until my head pokes through
And my lips taste the air
It moves me to try more
To wiggle free from the shackles
And the clearness tastes so good
Like rain in a cracking desert
But then they turn the water off,
Someone steals the sun,
And once again,
The black shadow creeps over me,
Sucking me inside...

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OH JESUS CAME IN SWADDLING CLOTHES
KING HEROD NOR 
THE REST OF HIS COULD'VE 
UNDERSTOOD OR COULD HAVE KNOWN 
THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE RISEN AGAIN 
FROM HELL'S DEATH SWORD
OH SWADDLING CLOTHES LITTLE DID WE KNOW 
THAT GOD WOULD SEND HIS SON JESUS 
TO SAVE HIS SINFUL WORLD
ACCORDING TO GLORY
WE RECEIVE HIS RICHES TODAY
THE RICHES OF THIS NEW BORN BABY
BORN THE VIRGINI MARY
OH NOT HAVING ON
A PAIR OF JORDANS 
BUT WRAP IN SWADDLING CLOTHES?...

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My Savior my Lord 
on Christmas day
my savior was born
under the star of Bethlehem
in a manger 
so long long ago
 
baby Jesus lying there
in swaddling clothes 
as three Kings present their gifts
shepherds kneeling on the ground
Angles flying all around 
declaring a new King of Kings was born

to bring the good word 
of heaven above
blessed be my lord and savior
born on Christmas day
who loves me more then I can say

Dennis Davis 12/2/14...

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May you flourish under a tree that grasps you tight 
May all your dreams flow out aright,
The Jasmin flowers dazing away 
Dancing to the fragrance all the way.

God humbly giving you everything with a blow
That fill's you up with a hole,
Grape wines swaddling up your bones
The path full of stones. 

The grape wines stopping your way
To never let you see all the way,
The sweetness attracts your heart
The only thing that you desire is right underneath your path....

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Love from Afar


Layer on layer of love from afar,
A winter-glow sky
Fir trees in a blanket of white,
A season of nature sleeping.


A barn to save hay and seed,
Where horses neigh and warm
Summer fences dormant
Marking strength for spring.


In the mind of prayer
The soul sees a golden gift
Presented with symbols of 
Ribbons and bells.


In the midst of nature's quiet resting
A celebration of what soon will come,
Wrapped in swaddling love,
Our Savior....

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