Christmas Triolet Poems | Examples
These Christmas Triolet poems are examples of Triolet poems about Christmas. These are the best examples of Triolet Christmas poems written by international poets.
As sunlight slides behind the hill
Mum sets the last stone in cherry
Yet a fortnight for Christmas still
As sunlight slides behind the hill
Painted marl makes children merry
When December dew nips our sill
As sunlight slides behind the hill
Mum sets the last stone in cherry
haiku/ triolet/ tanka
bare are trees’ branches
except for random pine trees
wearing Christmas lights
Fun holidays that I adore -
so swiftly do they slip away
and always leave me wanting more.
Fun holidays that I adore -
they always make my spirit soar.
Gone soon will be my holiday.
Fun holidays that I adore -
so swiftly do they slip away.
summer is long gone;
though Christmas, Thanksgiving, and
happy New Year’s Eve
fill dreary days with brightness . . .
two months of winter remain
A pale blue haze hangs heavily over the earth
Or it seems to on this beautiful Christmas card
Announcing the miracle of sweet Jesus’s birth
A pale blue haze hangs heavily over the earth
The manger scene, an unlikely common berth,
A story told time and again by the poet bard
A pale blue haze hangs heavily over the earth
Or it seems to on this beautiful Christmas card.
Revised December 2, 2022
Bells ringing, children singing
Sounds of the season’s joys
Cash registers are dinging
Bells ringing, children singing.
Lovers are blinging; Santa’s bringing
Presents for little girls and boys
Bells ringing, children singing
Sounds of the season’s joys.
Written December 1, 2022
A feeling of magic in the air prevails
As we approach another Christmas Day
Only Mama knows what it all entails,
For she takes care of all the details.
All the stores worry about are their sales,
Let’s keep Christmas spirits light and gay
A feeling of magic in the air prevails,
As we approach another Christmas Day.
Written November 29, 2022
The sky alive as the world in glamour;
children's tiny cold bare feet they did sneak
underneath the Christmas tree they clamber.
The sky alive as the world in glamour;
huddle round the fireplace's warm ember,
songs, dance, and grandma's gingerbread they seek.
The sky alive as the world in glamour;
children's tiny cold bare feet they did sneak.
11/25/2022
Stores are all decorated for Christmas
Thanksgiving is merely an afterthought,
Seems it is about doing lots of business
Stores are all decorated for Christmas.
I can’t smile for an aggravated grimace
At how much stuff I’ve already bought,
Stores are all decorated for Christmas
Thanksgiving is merely an afterthought.
Written October 3, 2022
*Image of Comet Kohoutek by Wilkie.
Celestial Christmas Eve '73
'Twas day of Christmas eve, seventy-three,
Comet Kohoutek, badminton like sleeve,
Play-daytime Santa, store-bought gifts wrap-free,
'Twas day of Christmas eve, seventy-three,
Comet tail swells, Kohoutek shoot o'er sea,
Party with friends we all saw Christmas eve,
'Twas day of Christmas eve, seventy-three,
Comet Kohoutek, badminton like sleeve!
2022 January 30
Haunted by my Christmas wonder
Shiny thoughts filled with dancing lights
A babe who put doubt asunder
Haunted by my Christmas wonder
Joy, hope and peace roar like thunder
Love so alive it fills the nights
Haunted by my Christmas wonder
Shiny thoughts filled with dancing lights
Love came down that first Christmas eve,
A babe, a Son was born,
The greatest gift we'd ever receive.
Love came down that first Christmas eve,
A Savior for all who would believe,
A holy child by grace adorned.
Love came down that first Christmas eve,
A babe, a Son was born.
The child was called Immanuel,
The Son of God was He.
God with man had come to dwell.
The child was called Immanuel,
His light would shine, darkness dispel,
From Satan's grasp He'd set us free.
The child was called Immanuel,
The Son of God was He.
12/23/21
Now that she is gone, I am bereft of cheer
The holidays are the most difficult times
Oh, how I wish my dear Deborah were here
Now that she is gone, I am bereft of cheer
I always feel this way facing another year
For as I grow older, the steeper the climbs
Now that she is gone, I am bereft of cheer
The holidays are the most difficult of times.
written December 22, 2021
A perfect Christmas tree in the woodland
Beyond the meadow, I’ve had my eye on it
But cutting in the woodland has been banned
A perfect Christmas tree in the woodland,
But things are not going exactly as I planned
So, I’m struggling to keep my holiday spirit
A perfect Christmas tree in the woodland
Beyond the meadow, I‘ve had my eye on it.
So, I’m struggling to keep my holiday spirit
But things are not going exactly as I planned
Beyond the meadow, I’ve had my eye on it,
A perfect Christmas tree in the woodland,
But cutting in the woodland has been banned
And I’m not about to get myself Xmas canned.
written December 18, 2021
[a trionet, a type of poetry I invented,
combining the triolet and the 14-line sonnet.]
A pale blue haze hangs heavily over the earth
Or it seems to on this beautiful Christmas card
Announcing the miracle of sweet Jesus’s birth
A pale blue haze hangs heavily over the earth
The manger scene, an unlikely common berth,
Wise men’s gifts tell us of his incredible worth
A story told time and again by the poet bard
A pale blue haze hangs heavily over the earth
Or it seems to on this beautiful Christmas card.
written December 13, 2021
The annual Christmas Bazaar is tomorrow
In a country village not far from my home,
Joy and glee casting out all seasonal sorrow
The annual Christmas Bazaar is tomorrow,
Quickly to the bank some cash, I’ll borrow
A few days later to feel a tinge of sorrow
My budget stretched by buyer syndrome,
The annual Christmas Bazaar is tomorrow
In a country village not far from my home.
written December 10, 2021
the joys of sleet turning into snow,
are of X-mas to be ushered soon,
brings cheer to hearts as X-mas lights glow!
the joys of sleet turning into snow,
family bonds with winter wind grow,
log fire, wine and dine, with full moon!
the joys of sleet turning into snow,
are of X-mas to be ushered soon!
Written 01/11/2020
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9 syllables each line with 8 lines