Apple Cider

On the stove

a pot simmers

with steam

cinnamon

and spiced apple

warms

all the deep corners

of my heart.

SNOW GLOBE

I can have winter

whenever I want,

all I have to do

is turn the snow globe 

over, see the smiling snowman

watch white and silver snow

flakes falling.

I can feel the globe,

like a snow ball,

chilling my mittened hand.

The cold runs

straight to my heart,

warms like fire,

like magic,

all I have to do

is turn the snow globe 

over and

BELIEVE.

     Do you believe in the magic of the holiday season?  A season of giving and sharing?  So, close your eyes for a moment and think about your own make-believe snow globe.  What is in there?  What do you see?   Are you in your snow globe?  What does it feel like?  Who else is there with you?  Now write a poem about that.  I'd love to see your globe.

TANGERINE

I am Tangerine

bright orange fruit

tender, thin skin

like a dancer

in black fishnet

I swill,

I twirl,

I loop,

across

a fireplace mantle

to dive

into the toe

of your

Christmas stocking. 

     Do you get a piece of fruit in the bottom of your stocking?  It is a tradition in my family.  For today's challenge, how about writing a list poem about all the things that can go into a Christmas stocking?  I'm still having fun.  I hope you are too.

Christmas YO-YO

For Christmas I want a yo-yo

I'm sure it is the thing

that will make me happy,

with an extra bag of string.

First I'll learn the throw down

I call that Over the Falls,

soon I will be yo-yoing

in all of my school halls.

Daily I will practice

to spin Around the World

and then I'll try to Loop de Loop

with the yo-yo string unfurled.

I can throw a Sleeper

and then try to wake him up.

Next I'll learn to Walk the Dog

though it may start as a pup.

Then I'll Rock the Baby.

That would be so grand.

If I got two for Christmas,

one yo-yo for each hand.

    All of the words in italic are yo-yo tricks.  This was a fun poem to research.  I had no idea there were so many web sites to teach one how to throw a yo-yo.  I'm still working on more Christmas poems.  Do you want to try one?  I'd love to read your poem.  Have fun.