Christmas Time Poems

My long-time love gave me a special gift,
a photo of himself when he was young.
He even autographed it: “Love you! Dave.”
From then, upon my wall...

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Winter time is here again, the trees are all but bare
It’s time to don the scarves & boots, & warmer things to wear.
Bikini’s, shorts and...

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Christmas comes but once a year
A time of festive joy and cheer.
It is the season of goodwill
To have a break, relax and chill.

A time for...

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Father Time, a grandpa now
tells the same eternal yarns
here comes heartbreak and first love  
there, a local boy makes good

Grandpapa knows magic tricks
clapping hands,...

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Born into a landscape,
Not quite littered with landmines, 
But the occasional hole - 
Holes that seem inescapable,
Like quicksand -
When I fall, I just keep falling....

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Boom decorates herself as if she were a Christmas decoration
What kind? I asked, sugar cookies, divinity or another confection?
More like a tree, her hair is...

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Yesterday I posted a poem about our Volkswagen mailbox- 
on which Deborah painted symbols of flowers, butterflies and a dove
It’s our subtle way of stating...

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the small tree how much 
a buck~here's a buck I will
pick it up next year


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Dashing through the snow,
It's thirty-two below,
My hands are cold, my feet are numb,
For some this weather sure ain't fun.

My eyes are tearing up, 
My nose...

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a Year's beginning
~new challenge and commitments
to be held beyond~...

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27-12 was a long day


The Christmas began with a labor dispute at the cafe in
our building the chef didn't want to come in and cook...

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Find respite in an island 
with uplifting hands.  
as a stranger,  
walking through strange lands.

What does it mean to belong?
be better to another...

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The sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...

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It's Christmas time!
It's Christmas time!
The lights are all looking fine.

Why the joy?
Now don't be coy,
Everyone expects new toys.

Songs for trees;
Sweet as you please;
A joyous chorus...

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