Decorating the Christmas Tree

Grandchildren used to come after Thanksgiving

setting up and decorating our Christmas tree.

Our tree has lights already wound and entwined.

Decorations are memories of teacher gifts

given by students over the year // each one special.

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When I was young, we never had a Christmas Tree.

You see, we spent each Christmas with our relatives

who lived four hours away in a big snowy valley.

There, they all had beautifully decorated trees;

Some even had lighted candles that danced and bubbled

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Now most of the Grandchildren are grown and gone.

Only the two youngest ones came last year.

Funny how some things are only special to children

who still enjoy the rediscovery of each ornament

dug out of a big plastic tub that was stored in the garage.

Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Today Dora was our host at d’Verse, and asked us to write a poem about an epiphany or pause in our Christmas comings and goings. It was to be something that creates a twist in our poem that takes the reader a different direction of thinking or reflection.

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