Feast of Adam and Eve
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Seldom now, but once popular,
carnal Feast of Adam and Eve.
A Christian tale, if you believe,
spun, no doubt, by a gospeler.
Late December, Mystery Play –
downfall, the original sin...
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Categories:
tannenbaum, bible, celebration, christmas, religious,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Tannenbaum
...Here I grow, a handsome fir tree,
Standing upright within my wood;
An innocent, then let me be.
Where now I thrive for all to see,
Strobilus stemmed out of the bud;
Here I grow, a handsome fir...
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Categories:
tannenbaum, christmas, environment, innocence, nature,
Form: Villanelle
Oh, Amazon
...(sung to the tune of Oh, Tannenbaum)
Oh, Amazon, oh Amazon
You give my life such meaning
For letting me buy all my gifts
While safely quarantining.
At birthday time or Chanukah
(Which makes...
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Categories:
tannenbaum, appreciation, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Tannenbaum
...Hear now what I say to thee;
Lovely fragrant Christmas tree;
Grown up in the soft brown earth;
Fill your destiny by rounded girth;
With season’s finery on every bough;
For our memories now allow...
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Categories:
tannenbaum, beautiful, christmas, symbolism, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Re. Poor Mrs Tannenbaum"
...My Dear Mr. Heck,
The song you quote
May be dreck...
But it's truth forsure,
And underplayed,
The company folded long ago,
One clear factor for sure I know,
The owner spent his days playing go...
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Categories:
tannenbaum, adventure, life, on work
Form: Bio
A Christmas Carol For John Heck- "mrs. Tannenbaum"
...The following harkens to the past when I worked for a supremely idiotic furniture
company, and I, as other managers, had to explain to customers who waited 8-
12 weeks, on the day of promised deli...
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Categories:
tannenbaum, allegory, funny, holiday, sorry,
Form: Burlesque
A Christmas Poem (For Lyn, Et Al)
......Have occasioned
I think to have been decor-
rating The Tree, it's
piney quills & tines
dressing in glassy festoons
weightless baubles of
tins-led Christmas-candy
colors, like por...
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Categories:
tannenbaum, family, children, happiness, holiday,
Form: Prose Poetry