Lighted trees in Douglas Park – Langley, BC, Canada
In the verdant season
under sun’s bright ray
in its warm expanding light
trees flower by day.
In the other season
of cold and fading light
pines and cedars, trunks and twigs
bloom at break of night.
Our city workers decorating the streets for Christmas. (© 2014 by V. Nesdoly)
Deck the streets
with boughs of holly
Christmas trees
and Santas jolly
stars and wise men
in the night
guided to
the King of light.
© 2014 by Violet Nesdoly (All rights reserved.
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We caught sight of these city workers putting up Christmas lights on our walk this morning… and the above little ditty floated into my head.
Hope your town will be as pretty as our will soon be. Below is a collage of some of my town’s decorations from past years.
Past Christmases in our town. (© 2014 by V. Nesdoly)
Twigs stunning in diamonds
doors lined running pearls
scribble reindeer all lit up
under Christmas tree swirls.
Balconies wearing ruby
emerald, agate bling
like necklaces, bracelets
scarves, pins and a ring.
Roof lines cascade ice lights
twinkle bells and bright stars.
Windows beam the old story.
Velvet antlers deck cars.
On the city hall rooftop
in stitches of white
Wise Men come ever nearer
star-led through the night.
In the rain plaza glistens
all that’s missing is snow
to soften the sparkle
of a silent night glow.
© 2013 by Violet Nesdoly (All rights reserved)
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I love Christmas lights! How can you tell?
We do sometimes have snow. We actually had a dusting earlier in the week that lasted for a few days but this afternoon the rains came back. So we’ll take what we get and look on the bright side. For the wet just adds to the sparkle, making it all the prettier.
This post is part of Poetry Friday, hosted today by the eclectic and always interesting Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference.
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