Christmas Poems

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• I heard the bells on Christmas Day
  Their old, familiar carols play,
  And wild and sweet
  The words repeat
  Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

  And thought how, as the day had come,
  The belfries of all Christendom
  Had rolled along
  The unbroken song
  Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

  Till ringing, singing on its way,
  The world revolved from night to day,
  A voice, a chime,
  A chant sublime
  Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

  Then from each black, accursed mouth
  The cannon thundered in the South,
  And with the sound
  The carols drowned
  Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

• The littlest Christmas tree
  lived in a meadow of green,
  among a family,
  of tall evergreens.
  He learned how to whisper
  the evergreen song,
  with the slightest of wind,
  that came gently along.

  He watched as the birds
  made a home out of twigs,
  and couldn’t wait till
  he, too, was big.
  For all of the trees
  offered a home,
  the maple, the pine, and the oak,
  who’s so strong.

  “I hate being little,”
  the little tree said,
  “I can’t even turn colors
  like the maple turns red.
  I can’t help the animals
  like the mighty old oak.
  He shelters them all
  in his wide mighty cloak.”

• The kings they came from out the south,
  All dressed in ermine fine;
  They bore Him gold and chrysoprase,
  And gifts of precious wine.

  The shepherds came from out the north,
  Their coats were brown and old;
  They brought Him little new-born lambs–
  They had not any gold.

  The wise men came from out the east,
  And they were wrapped in white;
  The star that led them all the way
  Did glorify the night.

  The angels came from heaven high,
  And they were clad with wings;
  And lo, they brought a joyful song
  The host of heaven sings.

• South of the Line, inland from far Durban
  A mouldering soldier lies–your countryman
  Awry and doubled up are his gray bones
  And on the breeze his puzzled phantom moans,

  Nightly to clear Canopus: “I would know
  By whom and when the All-Earth-gladdening Law
  Of Peace, brought in by that Man Crucified,
  Was ruled to be inept, and set aside?

  And what of logic or of truth appears
  In tacking ‘Anno Domini’ to the years?
  Near twenty-hundred livened thus have hied,
  But tarries yet the Cause for which He died.

• I have a message for you,
  And I do believe it’s grand.
  During this Christmas Season,
  It’s time to take a stand.

  Remember the reason for Christmas,
  And what it represents.
  Jesus, loving and welcoming,
  It’s not just about presents.

  So take this Christmas message,
  And pass it far and wide.
  Christmas is a time for caring,
  Let’s share this message, amplified.

• A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
  With dark green needled memories
  Of childhood dreams and mysteries
  Wrapped present-like in front of me.

  A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
  I glimpse a past wherein i see
  The child that then grew into me
  Not forward fast but haltingly.

  A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
  A time for being with family
  A time that’s gone so fleetingly
  Yet lives for always deep in me.

  A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
  When twelfth night comes whole hauntingly
  One lingered look and then i see
  No Christmas tree where it would be.

  A Christmas tree! A Christmas tree!
  With feelings now felt longingly
  No corner in my house to see
  The magic of that Christmas tree.

• Beyond the ice-bound stones and bucking trees,
  past bewildered Mary, the Meer in snow,
  two skating rinks and two black crooked paths

  are a battered pair of reading glasses
  scratched by the skater’s multiplying math.
  Beset, I play this game of tic-tac-toe.

  Divide, subtract. Who can tell if love surpasses?
  Two naughts we’ve learned make one astonished 0—
  a hectic night of goats and compasses.

  Folly tells the truth by what it’s not—
  one X equals a fall I’d not forgo.
  Are ice and fire the integers we’ve got?

  Skating backwards tells another story—
  the risky star above the freezing town,
  a way to walk on water and not drown.

• The minstrels played their Christmas tune
  To-night beneath my cottage-eaves;
  While, smitten by a lofty moon,
  The encircling laurels, thick with leaves,
  Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen,
  That overpowered their natural green.

  Through hill and valley every breeze
  Had sunk to rest with folded wings:
  Keen was the air, but could not freeze,
  Nor check, the music of the strings;
  So stout and hardy were the band
  That scraped the chords with strenuous hand.

  And who but listened?–till was paid
  Respect to every inmate’s claim,
  The greeting given, the music played
  In honour of each household name,
  Duly pronounced with lusty call,
  And “Merry Christmas” wished to all.

• A holly wreath hung on the door,
  Or presents strewn across the floor,
  Tall Christmas tree with baubles bright,
  Which fills our hearts with such delight.

  Carols sung out in the snow,
  A Snowman built with eyes aglow,
  Crackers pulled, a song to sing,
  Candles lit, and bells that ring.

  Roasted turkey, which tastes divine,
  Rich, fruit cake, with an iced design,
  No, the most important reminder of all,
  Is the birth of a babe in an Ox’s stall.

• C is for
  Candles lit up
  Sitting on window sills

  H is for
  The feeling of
  Happiness

  I is for
  Everyone who travels
  To the Island for Christmas

  R is for the
  The roll of dimes
  That is given to charity

  S is for
  The shortbread cookies
  That taste
  Oh so delicious

  T is for
  The Christmas tree

  M is for
  Making crafts
  To give away as presents

  A is for
  The presence of angels

  S if for the snowflakes
  Falling on the ground outside