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Huan Yi
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0 posted 2008-12-23 12:57 PM


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A green pine
With twinkle lights
Traditional ornaments
In a living room with
Creaking wooden floors

They are not yet
The years that boys
Begin to think of girls
Beyond certain stirrings
For which as yet
There are no words

A pair of cats
Mixed orange and white
A green and yellow parakeet
High above their prowls

Even Pop just back
From the midnight shift
Can’t deny the Christmas
In his heart

An old oak
Beside the curb

Beyond a long
And silent
Fenced in yard
Draped in snow


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1 posted 2008-12-23 01:01 PM


What a nice memory poem, and I think the years of those "Red Ryders" were still the best years of all.
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2 posted 2008-12-23 05:02 PM


fine nostalgic 'slice of life' impressionistic imagery.

excellent 'write'!

serious applause!!

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