Christmas Day
At last the wait is over,
Santa’s come and gone,
Children rose, filled with glee,
Shortly after dawn.
All that careful wrapping,
Took seconds to destroy,
As boys and girls thrilled,
To find that very special toy!
To find that very special toy!
Families gathered close,
Around brightly lit trees,
Pausing now and then,
To give each other a squeeze!
People thronged to churches,
Filled with hearts of love,
Counting all their blessing,
From the good Lord above.
It was a day of feasting,
From morning until night,
The specialties brought forth,
Were a source of much delight.
Were a source of much delight.
As this day draws to an end,
I hope we hold most dear,
The loving feelings of goodwill,
Throughout the coming year!
Carmen Henesy
Copyright © 2009 Carmen Henesy. All Rights Reserved.
Carmen, I so admire the fluidity of your thoughts, it seems you will never run out of proses, of inspiring verses and lovely poems. You make writing poem seems easy, but for someone like me, it's not :(
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How very wonderfully written, Carmen dear... I think I already left a comment here Or did I?
ReplyDeleteHave a nice holiday! ;)
like the poem
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Carmen, I hope you have a wonderful day spent in the company of family and friends.
ReplyDeleteLovely one, Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeletebetchai - the words usually flow pretty
ReplyDeleteeasily. It's only when I HAVE to write
something that I have a problem - or when
I want it to be perfect, like "The Forensic
Nurse"
Dulce - whenever I see your name, I think of
my favorite sweet - marzipan, or a wonderful
dark chocolate, or delicious fruits like
exotic mangosteen ( as your poetry is so
exotic, sometimes )
Liss - it was a quiet Christmas...only my
youngest, Jeremy, was home and he and his
friends were out till 3AM in San Francisco
celebrating and ending up eating soup in
Chinatown - I had joined them for a couple
of shots of very good tequila before they
left! This evening, he took me out for
Japanese food before his 8:30PM flight to
San Diego - nice!
sm - glad you like my "Christmas Day" poem!
Sishir - Christmas is long past in India but
mine is just coming to its end. Glad you
liked this final Christmas poem.
Lovely thoughts in your Christmas poems.
ReplyDeleteVery appealing to both young and old.
Yes, let's not leave it all to the one day. Let's carry a little of it with us.
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xo
erin
amen
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It's a very beautiful poem describing the scene of Christmas gathering..
ReplyDeleteHope your Christmas was great!
Merry Christmas Sweetheart!! I Love your poem! You need to write a book!!! Lovely! Have a wonderful weekend!!hughugs
ReplyDeleteI hope you experienced all the "loving feelings of goodwill" of your poem this Christmas and that you will keep on experiencing them "throughout the coming year!
ReplyDeleteTravelingjoan -I so appreciate your kind
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Woman in a Window - Erin, my dear, I do hope
people will hold Christmas in their hearts!
Donna - When I get the funds, I hope to do a
small chapbook, at least, then if I make
enough money at that, I might try for a
holiday book.
A human kind of human - thank you so much for
your wonderful wishes for me!
magiceye - I don't know how I would have
gotten them home but, if I'd been able to
make my trip to India as planned, I would
have wanted to bring dozens back to San
Francisco...they would have been so
beautiful to hang year round in the child
sexual abuse agency where I used to work!
Icy BC - you're always my cheerleader! Thanks!
That's lovely. Happy 2010!
ReplyDeleteCarmen so happy to have spent the later part of 2009 with you and so look forward to more time together in 2010. Another wonderful poem my talented friend......:-) Hugs
ReplyDeletebelated merry christmas and a very happy new year to come!!
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