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Winter Holiday Poem #5

11/11/2022

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Christmas with the Dinosaurs

It’s Christmas with the dinosaurs!
I’m working on the plans.
I’ll knit T-Rex some mittens
sized to fit his tiny hands.
 
Apatosaurus surely couldn’t
strike our hearts with dread
while grazing in a Santa hat
(to warm his tiny head).
 
We’ll drape a festive garland
‘round Triceratops’ horn.
Invite Velociraptor! He’ll delight
in Christmas morn’.
 
He’ll tear the presents open
with his talons and his jaws.
We’ll dress him in bright red suit
and call him ‘Santa Claws.’
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Winter Holiday Poem #4

11/11/2022

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     Apparently, I'm on an ironic streak with my Winter Holiday Poem project. Ouch! Itch! Here comes "The Holly and the Ivy"...
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The Holly and the Ivy
 
The holly pricked my finger
and the ivy made me itch.
I chopped a tree and nicked my knee
and had to get a stitch.
The mistletoe was right above
a princely frog. Now we’re in love!
Oh, please excuse
*ribbit*
my grumpy mood
*ribbit*
this Christmas
*ribbit*
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Winter Holiday Poem #3

11/10/2022

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The kids are almost home from school. I only had time for a haiku. Here we go...
Advent Calendar Haiku
 
Advent calendar.
Twenty four hopeful windows.
Sweet candy countdown.
 
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Winter Holiday Poem #2

11/9/2022

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     Here's another holiday poem from me. (Hooray! I made it to #2.) These are quick writing exercises, so they're bound to be imperfect. But I hope they're entertaining. (I know I'm having fun!)
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I Think I’d Like a Ginkgo
 
I think I’d like a ginkgo tree
at Christmas time this year.
The leaves are good for making tea.
The fruits…can stink, I fear.
 
Perhaps I’ll settle for—a fern!
It isn’t that bizarre.
I’ll snazz it up with tinsel
and I’ll top it with a star.
 
A ficus might do nicely.
After all, it’s evergreen.
It fits the bill precisely
(as it breaks the old routine).
 
No Douglas fir or conifer
of any kind for me!
I surely don’t prefer
to agitate my allergy.

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Winter Holiday Poem #1

11/8/2022

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     I'll be exercising my writing and rhyming muscles this winter with holiday poems. Here's my first one...and I hope there will indeed be a #2, etc. If anyone reads this and likes it, send me an encouraging word, so I'll be motivated to make more.
Christmas with the Wolverine
 
Hike an alpine hill, remote,
past the fox and mountain goat.
Seek a creature most elusive--
solitary, lone, reclusive.
 
Here’s a paw print in the snow
and…     a sprig of mistletoe.
There! Beneath an evergreen…
the shy but feisty Wolverine!
 
Careful. Don’t approach too fast
nature sightings only last
if you move with grace and care
and watch your subject, unaware.
 
First observe the creature, fierce,
raise a razor claw to pierce
berries on a silken line
and string them on the winter pine.
 
In its native habitat
see it…     knit a Santa hat,
brew a pot of herbal tea,
hang an ice-star on the tree.
 
Now, beneath a rising moon
it growls…     a jingle-bell-ish tune.
 
The strangest nature sight we’ve seen
is Christmas with the Wolverine.
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