Shari's Telling Stories » holiday http://slstellingstories.com A little poetry, a little prose, from Shari Lynne Smothers Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:23:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 My Christmas New Year Holiday http://slstellingstories.com/2010/12/my-christmas-new-year-holiday/ http://slstellingstories.com/2010/12/my-christmas-new-year-holiday/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:14:48 +0000 Shari Smothers http://slstellingstories.com/?p=5870

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Cold, bright Christmas day
dressed in gratitude for my
family and faith.

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26
Cold, clear winter day
and I’m quiet entreating
my voice to return.

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27
Saints versus Falcons
Monday night game threatened my
throat’s recovery.

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28
Sinuses clearing
throat pain abating nicely;
my strength’s returning.

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29
Mostly back to me
voice hollow cavernous like
the winter night’s wind.

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30
I woke this morning
fearful my throat un-mended
imagined big setbacks.

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31
I’m ready to shed
leaves of this long year; ready
for new year’s flowering.

© 2010 Shari Lynne Smothers

Haiku Vignettes of my Christmas holiday celebration, joyfully celebrated through minor pain and fatigue from fighting a sore throat and sinus infection.

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  Holidays joyful
we celebrate to excess
  then resuscitate.

©2009 Shari Lynne Smothers

Prompt: Pick a number, make that number the title of your poem, and write a poem. Day 29 of the 2009 November PAD Chapbook Challenge from Poetic Asides

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