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re Michelangelo: :)
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ". Now that is, what I call a legit "Z" poem! But sleeplessness itself if continuous is terrible.
"A little heat caught". Messiah (Christmas Portions) By Mark Doty
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...stmas-portions
Wow... complex poem... brings to mind this quote by a General Authority in my church from a talk to BYU students, “Come unto Me”, by Jeffrey R. Holland that resonates with me:"Bambini picking daisies in the new spring grass" - Kathleen Raine Daisies of Florence... https://poetryarchive.org/poem/daisies-florence/Quote:
For anyone out there seeking the courage to repent and change, I remind you that the Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.
"Daisies of Florence...". What a beautiful poem! Using it as Christmas poem on another site!
Overstepping the first line rules once more, because of the timely subject. The title begins with "C", but not the first line:
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day".Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.or...ristmas-bells/
A Merry Christmas to all!
A beautiful poem of tragic events in HWL's life ( https://newenglandhistoricalsociety....20the%20flames. ) ... and a version of it is one of my faith's songs in our hymn book #214 ( https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/...s-day?lang=eng )... we sang it Wednesday night at our ward/church Christmas party :)
Here's another by HWL that breaks all the rules... "Three Kings came riding from far away,"... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...he-three-kings
and an odd 'D' "Christmas" poem: "Diluvian, draggled and derelict posse, this" - Mike Chasar; Conches on Christmas... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s-on-christmas
Thanx !... and a Merry Christmas !!! from me to all as well,
praying for "Peace on Earth, Good will to men",
- tailor
re: "Three Kings came riding from far away,"...Beautiful Christmas poem!
re: Conches on Christmas..Odd indeed. Destruction of the natural environment?
"Earth's manifold noises break" The Note Of Nature by Theodore Harding Rand
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...f-nature-29073
Wonderful poem :)
"Fair faces crowd on Christmas night" - Gilbert Keith Chesterton; A Portrait... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...portrait-12156
A PortraitInteresting poem. Didnīt know the poetic side Of Chesterton.
"GOD says to me with a kind" God's Wheel by Shel Silverstein
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...in/poems/14825
Lol... I love Shel Silverstein's wit.
Another Christmas pudding poem:
"Ha weel aw remember that big Christmas puddin," - John Hartley; That Christmas Puddin.... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...s-puddin-17886
Loved the pudding poem, reminds me of Dickens Christmas stories which ended up with people consuming the Christmas pudding with their families.
Bursting all alphabetical rules but couldnīt resist:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love said to me, Ive bought a big fresh turkey". Christmas Dinner by
https://www.poeticexpressions.co.uk/13513-2/
Poem with I:
"I think that I shall never see" Trees by Joyce Kilmer
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...ms/12744/trees
re: "On the first day of Christmas..." - Lol !
re: Trees... a classic :)
"Just look, how easy do those small birds fly," - Ceyhun Mahi; Quatrain... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4422259/quatrain/
Quatrain...So much said in so few verses!
"Kindle the Christmas brand, and then"The Ceremonies For Candlemas Day by Robert Herrick
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...lemas-day-2445
Quite enigmatic: Candlemas is new to me, and I have family in the Catholic faith... go figger.
"Let none resemble another; let each resemble the highest!" - Friedrich Schiller; A Problem.... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...-problem-30570
Candlemas. I didnīt know anything about it, there isnīt even a page in Portuguese about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas
"Music I love -* but never strain" Music on Christmas Morning by Anne Bronte
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...oems/3829.html
Beautiful poem... sets the tone to prepare for Easter.
"Now that we've come to the end" - Paul Muldoon; The Avenue
... https://www.poetrycat.com/paul-muldoon/the-avenue
Enjoyed The Avenue. It points to the future what is fitting for an ending of the year.
"On the day the world ends" Song on the End of the World by Czeslaw Milosz
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...sz/poems/15375