Christmas Tanka Poems

- Evergreen -

- The Star Of Bethlehem -

- Christmas Decorations -

Recycle Bin

my recycle bin
impassive, stolid sentinel...
suddenly submerged,
glutted with Christmas flyers
screaming consumerism

Smiling Autumn Faces

A slight comic gust
as vivid  autumn colour
turns laughing  dervish
we sense  the quasi-winter
prelude to Halloween fare

Back to school urchins
scream with joy to spite

His Grave

snow covered gravestone
monument to lost childhood
cold harsh memories
abandoned hope, love and dreams
never a Christmas blanket

In Mary's Warm Arms

In the freezing night
In the cold world of mankind
In Mary’s warm arms
Laid burning love wrapped in flesh
An incinerating light  

Shades Of Winter

white flakes blow on air 
leaving mists on window pane 
like frozen gray smoke 
while the ground shines in silver 
and trees are capped in

Christmas Cheers

poinsettias blooming
on someone else’s mantel -
clearly I see them
guarded by two nutcrackers
and cheered on by crackling fire

Soup Kitchen

My Yuletide joy is
To feed poor and hungry ones
Come in from the sleet
The parents humbly thank God
Children sing the song Noel

- Christmas Memories -

October

autumn in full swing
Christmas being overswung
a big retail axe
gashing pocketbooks early
will pause on the thirty first

Super Sunday

On this Super Bowl Sunday, it is good to go to the house of the Lord.

SUPER SUNDAY

triple layer cold
‘rising in Christmas plaid and socks
a Sunday

Silent Night

angel all in white
sits atop the silent night
year’s coming to end
Christmas tree-dress still pretty
silver garland winding down

12/29/2022

Good Bad Advice

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