My husband's poetry

Category: holidays

  • Lenten haiku

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    sweet chorus of cheeps tree leaves Easter basket green bright jelly bean sun 3-7-23

  • The last big freeze

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    New Year’s Day, high overhead behind partly cloudy skies jets rumble. On muddy banks turtles return to sun. Dark shells absorb energy, waken dreams of summer. Unbeguiled by a change in the weather, I mourn the ones that did not make it through the last big freeze and the citizen survivors of another missile attack…

  • happy holidays

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    (Someday I will get these in the order they were written.–cb.) ‘Tis the season of gifts, food and Santas jangling Salvation Army bells Watching ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ An American Tail and New holiday movies that become memes overnight Bags of toys that break too soon (batteries not included) NBA, NFL and bowl games on…

  • Psalm of praise

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    In the beginning There was the word and it was poetry …..ET call home, Be wakeful and watch the sky *(Say) This morning is holy **(Say) This morning is holy Stars have fallen from the heavens, All the bell towers have gone silent, The thief in the night has come and gone and we are…

  • a holiday party poem

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    Something at the holiday party didn’t agree with your stomach. Maybe, it was the store bought cheese dip in the fondue pot, or Costco Swedish meatballs boiling in a bottle barbeque sauce or The fancy triangles of deli chicken salad on crustless white bread. Whatever it was, now you find yourself waiting in line to…

  • Rosh Hashanah

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    09/26 – this poem is for all my Jewish friends: Just before the sun crashed in the west, a distance horn floated through trees we did not plant, summoning Fort Jackson’s troops to mess. My ribs ached from a forgotten injury and I had a strange craving for apple sauce. I resisted its sweetness, reaffirmed…

  • Eggs benedict with chorizo on the side

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    Chilly Mother’s Day, rock and roll elevator music overhead played bad. Traffic on the street honks off beat. Everyone needs a job, and the musician’s union pays well. Honeysuckle in the planter, sparrows scavenge breadcrumbs at my feet, dog dish begs water by a bench while families gather outside a restaurant waiting for a text…

  • Green bean casserole

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    Green bean casserole tastes of home, family holidays and traditions as old or older than you. Recipe: two cups green beans one can mushroom soup 1/2 cup condensed milk 1/2 can fried onions stir until well-mixed pour into Grandma’s old Pyrex casserole dish cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until all the water…

  • Happy Gregorian new year

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    After midnight You celebrated a new beginning You made resolutions You vowed to do better, To change Every breath Is a new beginning Why wait another 365 days To live your best life? Do it, now! 1-1-22