kitty in the tinsel
glitter on her paws
waiting underneath the tree
with sharpened santa claws
kitty ringing sleigh bells
all around the house
ready with her mistletoe
for when she sees a mouse
Christmas
5-7-5 (take two-hundred-and-fifty-eight : Bingo)
Bing sings ting-a-ling
until the world stops spinning
and snow starts falling
A short nonsense rhyme about an Instagram photograph of Andy Warhol next to a wonky Tannenbaum.
Warhol made a Christmas tree
one Easter long ago
and hung from it old soup cans
because he had no snow
he didn’t have a fairy
with which to top the show
so in lieu, he made himself
a Marilyn Monroe
Another Seasonal Nonsense Ditty
Now the Holidays are here
I’ll push a pine cone in my ear
and shove a candy cane between my knees
I want to make it very clear
I do this each and every year
to feel a kinship with all Christmas trees
Seasonal Nonsense Rhyme
I tried to write a Christmas card
but found that I could not
as to whom I was to send it
was something I forgot
was it for the doctor?
or maybe for his nurse?
did I get one for the baker?
my memory’s the worst.
did I buy it for the keeper
of the parrots at the zoo
or maybe for a missionary
in far off Kathmandu?
maybe looking at the card
will help me break this curse
then I can take my ballpoint pen
to compose a little verse
at last I had a brainstorm
a bolt out of the blue
my little card’s this poem
with love from me to you.
A Christmas Wish
one-sies are quite nice I guess
in their own particular way
but I’d prefer you in your none-sie
when I wake on Christmas day
A Hundred Million Lights
a hundred million lights
flicker in the city
each one a soul
I do not know
humanity aglow
with a hope for the season
that denies our history
and yes, our natures too
yet hope all the same
I feel it too
with each and every one
of the hundred million lights
which flicker
Needless Needles (a cautionary tale)
don’t put your tree up early
as it really is a chore
to pick the needless needles
up from off the floor
