Holiday Triolet Poems

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...

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Can you remember the first day we met,                 ...

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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...

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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...

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Paulette went on a holiday
Visiting Italy and France
To mark her fortieth birthday
Paulette went on a holiday
Saw the Arc de Triomphe today
And adored Venice at first...

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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...

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The holidays are here
Time to gather with love and joy
Decorations, wreaths and mistletoe
The holidays are here
Lights glisten in a show with snow
Children thank Santa for...

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Commence the beating of the drum,
Sound the horns with fanfares blaring
Next see the floats with roses come,
Commence the beating of the drum
Acrobats, clowns, bands, then...

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Hot summer, holiday season:
Shopping done, we focus on fun,
Another year is the reason.
Hot summer - holiday season –
Humid, cloud, ninety degrees in,
Hot summer, holiday season;
Shopping...

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Christ our Savior is of God, great & giving,
Christmas is the time for love, laughter & living.

Children bring smiles and the joy of love,
Three wise...

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I wake with a smile in my heart,
for Friday's my favorite day.
When the weekend is set to start,
I wake with a smile in my heart.
Even...

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I miss you Christmas, since you’ve gone,
I’ve searched for you through endless miles,
why have you left me all alone?
I miss you Christmas, since you’ve gone,
why...

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A picturesque scene revels in snow
As the snow globe turns skaters whirl
Arm in arm with their handsome beaus

A picturesque scene revels in snow
Lighted houses lined...

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Snow covered pines
Cold wind blows
Lost in Christmas lines
Snow covered pines
Colors of all kinds
Annual holiday shows
Snow covered pines
Cold wind blows...

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The cauldron boils with the witch’s brew
Ghosts prowl the darkness fearlessly
Jack-O-Lanterns lit, shining through
The cauldron boils with the witch’s brew
Black cats walk the streets like...

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