Tag: Holiday Season

Christmas in California

2024’s Holiday Poem

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Christmas in California
Is rolling 'round again
I look forward to sharing it
With family and friends

This season's feeling haunted
A hard to argue fact
Beneath the strain of politics
And people clapping back

This shopping season's last chance buys
Spark lukewarm interest
As shoppers look toward '25's
Incoming tariff threats

With Pluto in Aquarius
Regimes are burning down
The People are now taking aim
At every tarnished crown

It's hard to lift a cup of cheer
With such uncertainty
So I'll nestle with a spicy book
And a mug of steaming tea

Inside the lights shine merrily
And Christmas carols sing
This California Christmas
Will be about one thing

The love of friends and family
As we circle 'round our trees
And this year's hard-learned lesson
To save some love for me

-gws

Another California Christmas

Another California Christmas 
Is coming round again 
And I find myself daydreaming
Of family and friends 

The caroling and Christmas cards
Gifts amusing and sublime 
Remembering the best of years
The best of Christmas time

No smoke this year to choke us up
Just filtered sun and chill
Lights and sounds and decor sit
Upon each window sill 

A melancholy in my heart
I long for times of old
When life was not so stupid hard 
When wrapped in silver and gold 

Wherever this Christmas sentiment 
Finds you this time of year 
Crack open that bottle of Napa red
For some extra California cheer

Despite my humbug mood this year
I raise my glass above
I toast you sunshine dreams of joy
And immeasurable love

-gws

This poem appears in the 2024 edition of the Bards West Anthology.

Winter Solstice

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May the return of the sun shine
Love, abundance, peace, grace, and success upon you
May its light banish the shadows and darkness
May you never know lack and always know contentment
May you carry the light of renewal with you 
And may you carry it within you like a beacon of hope 
For all those whose paths you cross
-gws

@wordswishesandwisdom

Winter Solstice written and read by GWS #wordswishesandwisdom #poetry #poetrytok #poem #poet #NaPoWriMo #writer

♬ original sound – GWS