THE ANGEL ON OUR TREE There she reigns, with dignity Atop our Christmas tree The place of honor that’s been hers Since 1943 And as I stand and gaze at her The years just fade away As the precious gift of memory Recalls my yesterday I see the mounting excitement As the children gather near [...]
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Signature of Love for Christmas
Posted in Children, Family, Holiday, Memories, Poetry, tagged 1943, angel, Christmas, tree on Monday,December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ten days before Christmas, and —
Posted in Family, Holiday, Humor, Memories, Poetry, Rhyming, tagged bake, broken, carcass, Christmas, husband, joys, kids, kitchen, mess, mug, puppy, purchase, smoke, spill, spouse, toys, tree, wrap on Monday,December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UNTIL NEXT YEAR ‘Tis the evening of Christmas and in our old house The snoring shakes windows . . . I speak of my spouse He said he’s exhausted, though not one to shirk He just looked on, as I did the work I purchased and wrapped ….. ‘twas left up to me Baked cookies [...]
A Harsh Melody
Posted in Nature, Poetry, Rhyming, tagged banshee, cacophony, crazed, groan, limbs, melody, moan, snow, song, tree, wind, winter on Thursday,December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WINTER’S SONG Like a crazed banshee, the bitter wind moaned, while snow coated limbs until the trees groaned, branches thrashed windows in cacophony – a harsh melody that winter intoned. 9/8/94 Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck
A Snow of Dogwood petals
Posted in haiku, Nature, Poetry, tagged blanket, cascade, dogwood, petals, tree, white on Sunday,November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HAIKU The soft white blanket spread beneath my dogwood tree cascading petals 3/20/90 Phyllis VanVleck
Spooky still!
Posted in haiku, Nature, Poetry, tagged moon, phantoms, shadows, spectral, tree on Monday,November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HAIKU Dark silent phantoms in the moon’s soft spectral light grotesque tree shadows 3/16/90 Phyllis VanVleck
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