Post-Christmas poems - as 2011 exits

HAIKU

five turtledoves
on an iron fence~
the light rain
~~~

streets jammed
with abandoned vehicles
because of the snow
~~~

after I break the ice
in the bird bath
bluebirds stop to drink
~~~

finch and bluejay
coloring the grayness
of winter
~~~

icicle lights
real icicles
tonight
~~~

an icy day
the feeder nearly empty
of seeds, but filled with birds
~~~
c 2011 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press

Christmas Eve............

Pat Laster & (grandson) Billy Paulus--from central Arkansas USA--wish all a Merry Christmas/ Happy Hanukkah/ Happy Holidays/ and all other phrases of the season. pl



Christmas Eve -
teenagers hanging stockings
for their parents

--by Dorothy McLaughlin, NJ
from Connecting Our Houses-1997
~~~

Christmas eve
three-alarm chili for his
mother-in-law

--from Poems for December: Found & Otherwise-2002
~~~

reminiscence
never chips and never breaks
can't be repossessed

-idea from M. Oakley, ADG
--from Dynamic December-2003
~~~

blowing in the wind
of the freeway traffic
Christmas gift wrappings

--from a branch of red leaves-2005
~~~

Christmas Eve silence
evening tea
and Perry Como

--from in front of the moon-2010
~~~

c 2011 Pat Laster dba lovepat press

Inexorable passage of time

Only 16 days left in 2011. Is that a good thing with you or an unhappy situation? It's probably no good dwelling on what should'a, could'a been done, or done differently, because we can't get it back. Except in our memories. Here are some poems from 2010's in front of the moon.

HAIKU
blue heron
feasting on beetles
in the old pond
~~~

HAIKU
one week till winter
a sparrow
in the birdbath
~~~

SENRYU
all night long
the neighbor's windchime
outside my bedroom
~~~

FOUND SENRYU
six trees in the hours
"a little bit of Christmas
in every room"

--Todd Raney, Little Rock,
homeowner on the Quapaw
Quarter Christmas Tour
~~~

SENRYU
nearly Christmas
among table ornaments
cough medicine
~~~

SENRYU
my late dad's script
on the Christmas greeting
was my brother's
~~~

HAIKU
the lead goose
of a lopsided vee
honking . . . honking
~~~

c 2011 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press

Aaaaah! December with all its poem prompts

SENRYU

eager
to take down autumn's decor
and get to Christmas
~~~

CINQUAIN
"A Warm December 2nd"

I gild
gourds and paint two
boards, repot oxalis,
mums, then nail roof tacks to secure
the screens.
~~~

LIMERICK

There once was a writer named Rhon
Whose sentences never ran on.
The harder she'd trot,
The behinder she got,
But call her a sluggard? non non
~~~

CINQUAIN
"Enigma"

With all
the rain, you'd think
window-sill, under-eave
plants would be wet. But they all look
thirsty.
~~~

HAIKU

snow still falling
but only from the trees
a lone cardinal
~~~

HAIKU

one of the new cats
steps gingerly
the snowy grass
~~~

Early morning poems

traffic
sounding frantic
this early morning
~~~

suddenly darker
this early morning of fall
windier, colder
~~~

cardinal
at the suet feeder
brightening the morning
~~~

during the morning
the birdbath water
turns to ice
~~~

winter morning sun
backlighting a branch
of wind-blown oak leaves
~~~

cold windy morning
jay eating beautyberries
near the full feeder

c 2011 by Pat Laster dba lovepat press