Dr.Todd Harris – “Christmas Spirit Never Wreaths Alone”
Christmas slumber’s night trumps dreamy airs
uncounted wishes wearing thoughtful fare
Wagging smiles rinse over-stabled stares
unopened presents preen unplanned fantasies’ lair
Cool orchard’s Autumn Walnuts downward dropped
westwinded sunrise filling lazy limbs’ demand
empty shells now paving tired country roads
tasty nuts dry-toning colored jars command
Divinely different holiday delicacies wrapped
longed-for hidden presents languishing about
all elevated ten ten-thousandths strong
encircling patterned ribbon-foils strapped
Some Decembers share summers never-fully-set
sunrise skillfully skidding sky-based gritty grains
prudence pruning still ever-greening ivy long
hive-hugging honeybees set exploring ripened flower’s panes
accenting lovebirds’ elequent morning song
Nature never setting morning’s native company aside
dancing wing-cast shadows paint window shades
shelves hosting sea-sand filled empty shells’ low tide
water’s river-washings drifting driftwood’s braids
Colored veins etch-mark branches’ varied skin
noting every December arrived uncloned
Positive visions overwash heart-spilt Amens
Christmas spirit never wreaths love alone
By Dr. Todd Harris
www.ToddHarrisSubitoGrant2008.com
