Christmas Comes Creeping Closer
Poppy's prompts - pleasing poetry pleasure
Star of Bethlehem or Christmas star
way up in the sky, way up far
Wreath's from the winter solstice. Golly,
by decorating homes with boughs of holly,
you get life and protection assured said a seer.
During the dark winter months of the year.
Gingerbread is from 2400 B.C. in Greece said a piece
in the media. A man said everything originated in Greece
That man is from Greece and he continued on without cease.
Mistletoe is for kissing when standing under it.
By taking a berry off each time you kiss you get
good luck or bad luck for not taking a berry. You can quit
when all the berries are gone. The kissing comes to an end!
Tinsel was silver for decorating sculptures, til later it helped send
some shine to the lanterns placed on the Christmas trees
and still later making a beautiful decoration some may call the bees knees!
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Star light? Tinsel makes some light bright,
Mistletoe is a no-no if you don't know
how to use it. Good or bad luck can be a no-no.
Gingerbread cookies are not everyone's favorite
They must be some peoples though as they have a right
long history. I like to place a star on my wreath for light
and a small wreath on my star, but that is quite a sight!
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About the Creator
Denise E Lindquist
I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (7)
This was really interesting!
Delightful amusing rhyme & educational too!😊
Whoaaaa, I had no idea that gingerbread has been around for sooooo long! Loved your poems!
Haha - Peru says it is all from there - like 300 or so varieties of potatoes. And that photo make me want some cookies but gingerbread is not my fave - soft molasses gingerbread ones are good. ❤️❤️❤️
Wonderful poem, Denise! I love gingerbread, it’s one of my favorites!!!
Gingerbread is the scent of the season in many ways. I like the scent of gingerbread. It does make one think of Christmas in many ways. Good work.
Nice Christmas Poem - Covers every aspect of the season. - Well done!!