As the following dagosan poems indicate, I’m still not quite in the holiday spirit. Maybe a few more haiku and senryu from my friends will help. If not, I’ve still got a couple weeks.
setting up the creche —
the Baby’s name
uttered over and over
married a decade
she hides
the mistletoe
married a decade
he buys
new mistletoe
furious –
that godless salesgirl said
“Happy Holidays!”
[for Steve Bainbridge]
. . . . by dagosan/david giacalone
christmas morning
the old retriever gets
all the innards
christmas evening
the goose she raised
all summer
. . . . by ed markowski
Christmas pageant—
the one who had to get married
plays virgin Mary
another Christmas . . .
my parents visit
the son in prison
. . . . by Lee Gurga from Fresh Scent (1998)
Christmas Day
the exchange
of custody
first snow…
settling into
old feelings
. . . . . by John Stevenson
“christmas Day” – from Some of the Silence
“first snow” – Upstate Dim Sum 2006/I
Happy 80th Birthday, to Mama G!