Christmas Day Archives

Christmas Eve 1958

Lauretta KaplanDecember 25, 2018

Christmas Eve 1958 written by: Lauretta Kaplan Christmas Eve the year I was twelve – The stockings were hung; the children were nestled … ...

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Remembrance of Tinsel

Ken Allan DronsfieldDecember 25, 2018

Remembrance of Tinsel written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Flowing grace, waving in the breeze like crowds at a ball game. Back-lit with co...

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Great Room At Grandma’s

N. K. HasenDecember 25, 2018

Great Room At Grandma's written by: N. K. Hasen @poetrybyhasen We are told not to go in yet; wait on the stairs till all seven of us cousins are se...

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Christmas Day

Bernard Harris A.K.A. BenkkuPoemsDecember 25, 2018

Christmas Day written by: Bernard Harris/Benkku Poems @poems_benkku Families by the Christmas tree Lights flashing all around the city Food, laughs...

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Christmas Bells

SpillwordsDecember 23, 2018

Christmas Bells a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The w...

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Strange and Mysterious Ways

Doug DonnanDecember 16, 2018

Strange and Mysterious Ways written by: Doug Donnan "Tell us professor just how often does this alignment business happen?" a young blonde reporter ...

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Little Orphan

Mary BoneDecember 25, 2017

Little Orphan written by: Mary Bone Little orphan on the street, looks in store windows at yummy things to eat. His cheeks are rosy as he looks ar...

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The Xmas Lark

Nobby66December 25, 2017

The Xmas Lark written by: Nobby66 @douglas97_s Before the Xmas lark splutters a peep a leery-eyed, cotton-wool bearded man torn from sleep, pads...

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Christmas Morning

huntersjamesDecember 25, 2016

Christmas Morning written by: huntersjames @huntersjames Tiny steps eager cross the floor Wrap the night we sleep no more Eager smiles and anxious ey...

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It’s Christmas Day

odonko-baDecember 25, 2016

It's Christmas Day written by: Odonko-ba @odonkoba It's Christmas day Oh what a beautiful day To sing Christmas Carols And watch the kids play Open ...

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“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.