Short Wrappings Poems

Drink a little wine
Make merry 
Dinner wrappings
Accented with favorite 
Napkins
Flute glasses
Topics 
True matter
Knife and fork 
Juster
Thanks for the invite
Excepted with Lavender...

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There was a girl called Polly Esther,
the fastest girl from downtown Leicester.
Pre-packaged food was her sole fare,
For healthy meals she had no care.
In the tum for food there's room.
There plastic wrappings end in doom...

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Carols sung
Midnight clear
Stockings hung

Snow is deep
Santa’s near
Sound asleep

Wrappings torn
Children cheer
Christmas morn

12/16/19
For the: Have A Merry 3-Cubed Christmas Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich...

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The facebook ad popped up
 nothing fancy, seasonal stuff
and there it was a bathing suit
 it looked so enticingly cute.
I pondered me within its wrappings
 envisioned how my body in its trapping,
protrusions of my bosom and my rump
 alas, I'm an apple, round and plump....

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At last the house is silent, they are tucked away and sleeping
Tomorrow down the winding stairs we'll see them all come leaping!
Their faces bright and shining, the wrappings will be torn
Upon the face each child has worn, a Kodak moment will be born
On early Christmas morn!...

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You feign contrition
No body for resolve
Absolute you’re dying eyes
Cocoon in silken wrappings
The inner being consoles
Obtuse mother
With her little stranger
Those counterfeit tears
Bellows no more
Lack of compunction
Halo of strife
I didn’t ask
To be born
But I was begat
To this life...

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Absolutely beautiful carols,
Decorations elaborate,
Faces glowing,
Happy instrumentals,
Jolly kisses,
Lovely mistletoe needing
Only pucker- power,
Quick-stepping  reindeer,
Snow, treats unexpected,
Variegated wrappings.
Xmas yearly zaniness.


Dedicated to HGarvey Daniel Esquire
( Challenge poem)...

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Disorder in symmetry, crack in the line
Distorted perspective, cubistic design 
Sculptures in celluloid wrappings stand by   
Amorphous stains on your hands - wonder why ?
Clean them away with the acetone drips 
Mix a new color, paint some bright strips 
Autumnal wind blew those images down
He is the author, and I'm just a clown....

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What are heartfelt emotions without words to caress them?
What are well-versed phrases without actions to address them?
What are thoughtful beliefs without truths to express them?
What are feelings, flattery, faith without proof to refresh them?

Pots of gold at the ends of a sky full of ribbons
Upon boxes of beautifully wrapped gifts never given....

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The day after Christmas is always a little 
anticlimactic the gifts opened – the wrappings 
and ribbons all tidied, although a few gifts 
may arrive late and our Boxing Day guests 
may add a few.

But we're past the solstice, 
days will slowly get longer
and the moon rising over 
the valley’s leafless trees
was a bit over half-full 
– kinda like my mood. 
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he'd opened my heart again
above doubt he entered 
tampering with a nesting abode 
that was left dangling 

after my last interlude where man 
left torn wrappings beyond 
my emotional wrath why I'd catered to 
so well before an yet love had found me 

at last inspite my sorted hints 
and sudden gestures of naught 
I suppose kindness bestowed 
raptures best timeless beauty...

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Loud discussions never categorized as arguments
Spoken at a register unheard of on most days
Come to fruition here
All that is said falling between a purple unicorn and a 4.2 on the Richter scale
Either niceties to the point of unbelievability
Or disaster to the point of collapsibility
Exchanging highly charged words packaged inside cheerful familial wrappings
The unspoken tradition lives on

Merry Christmas...

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Twas the day after Christmas,
The house was a sight,
Full of boxes and wrappings
From treasures last night.

Children, long before daylight
Making loud, noxious noise, 
Happily playing 
With bright shiny toys.

Mom said, “Thank God it’s over
And not a minute too soon,”
As she dragged out of bed
At the crack of noon.

“I dearly love Christmas,
And all it’s about.
But when it’s all over,
That’s when I shout!”...

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Wrappings long have been trashed 
A few nics encompass some character 
Sunlight drenched a deteriorated discoloration 
But still bravely I'm standing tall

Dark eyes forlorn for affection
As time's quickly winding down
A misfit struggling for acceptance
Watching others merrily marching on

Basement bottom feelings placate
Another piece of lead has broken off
Retired metal wheels of destruction 
Soon to be lying in a cloud of dust...

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Trimeter

Winter of skates, snow, ice.
Cold chill in the air, coats,
muffins, scarfs , sleds, skies, nice.
Silver bells, music notes.

Slalom’s dangerous way
Hot chocolate, sweaters,
Boots for drifts, wind blown day.
Home by fire, writing letters.


Mistletoe, Santa Claus,
presents, ribbons, bows, strings,
wrappings children then toss.
Toy cars, dolls, Christmas brings.

All is time of great joy ,
Time made for both girl, boy....

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At some time we all think life appears unfair,
But, God alone, knows of our heartfelt trappings.
Perhaps you might think there is no one to care,
Because special days pass void of gift wrappings.

I pray the seasons of life are treating you lightly,
And it's as if you've tippy-toed through past days.
That mind is still keen, and countenance is sightly,
We're sending this season, our love with bouquets.

Jesus Loves You,
Tom & Ernestine...

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Hearsay and Heresy shared Chocolate Kisses
Succulent sweetness for raising desire
Some say the fillings are hotter than fire
The wrappings of tinselly colors do tell
There’s nuts and there’s raisins and maybe some mints
And a few full of peppercorn poppers as well
Dreaming and Scheming were watching in wait
Hoping to share in the promising tasting
But Envy and Greed were playing with Fate
And Heresy 's chocolate fingers
Or so it’s been rumored and said...

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It is with a complement
Bringing in the spice of life
The seasoning that Christmas means
Shadows of mistletoe
Late night wrappings
Scurrying from place to place 
In wonderment 
Information sharing 
For the giving of that right gift
Fire burning calling company 
To rest
Two is all that's needed
Crowd pleasing is best
Songs in remembrance
Church plays unhindered
Air scents crisp 
Pine standing test
Deck the halls with 
Love for all to see
Fa  la la la la 
Here Christmas comes...

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