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Holiday Hangover

Empty gift boxes Wrapping paper balls Stale crumbly cookies Pine needles fall Smashed ornaments Candles burnt out Adults bicker Children pout Piles of dirty dishes Half-eaten yule log Yellow snow Thanks to the dog Holiday hangover Spiked eggnog

The Christmas Star

  Winter sun sets On another cold day As darkness falls A light guides the way The way for wanderers Who can’t pay the cost The way for wonderers Who in dreams are lost The Christmas Star shines For all as they roam With radiant light It guides travelers home

Christmas Orphans

  It’s sad to see The trees left on the lot All of the orphans That Christmas forgot Cold and bare In quiet desperation Hoping for a home And festive decorations But new hope is found When the birds fly in They fluff their feathers As tweeting begins They sing Christmas carols From days of… Read More Christmas Orphans

The Weary Ones

  The midnight hour Has come and gone The minutes tick Down to the dawn Still, sleep evades The weary ones Who wait on rest That never comes

Beneath the Surface

This holiday season I hope to be The keepsake ornament Hung on the tree Not the glittery one With flashing lights Or the biggest of all Painted so bright But the homemade one A little imperfect Whose magic is found Beneath the surface

Mischievous

  The Christmas tree stood All merry and bright Ornaments glistening With colored lights Storage boxes were shut And put away Up in the attic For another day But, one ornament Was overlooked In the storage box Buffy the cat, shook Loosening the lid She ran out the door Stair after stair Down to the… Read More Mischievous

Snow

Snowing Sleeting Slipping Sneezing Shoveling Sloppy Slush Shouting Swearing Saying Sorry Snow Simply Sucks

Thanksgiving Food Fight

  The table is set For Thanksgiving Day The turkey and sides Are all on display But did you know They are there to compete, To become Thanksgiving’s Favorite treat? The turkey says, “Clearly, I’ll go far! My plump breasts and thighs Will make me the star!” The potatoes argue, “I’m fluffy!” “I’m sweet!” Before… Read More Thanksgiving Food Fight

Crashed

  I looked for meteors But didn’t see one It seemed to be over Before it’d begun Searching the sky Cursing at cloud cover Not a meteor was seen But a plane did hover Yes, a plain old plane Not even a UFO Crashed my expectations Of a meteor show

Music and Lyrics

  Do you have a song That plays in your head You hear it all day And at night while in bed It awakens nostalgia’s Long lost days It makes sure the past With you always stays It transports you back To another place When you were you With a younger face It’s that favorite… Read More Music and Lyrics