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December 23, 2023

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Late December

Winter days dwindle, 
tree lights, tinsel and 
hearts kindle. 
Chilled to the bone, 
those who roamed 
came home. 

Copyright 2023 Brenda Davis Harsham

Notes: Happy Holidays! I’ve missed my blogging friends, but I haven’t had a day off where I wasn’t unpacking, planning the holidays, or coughing my guts up. (Why do colds and longer nights go together?) My new house is warm and survived its first major storm. My job isn’t new anymore, but I have smart, fun coworkers who help the day fly past. The photo is thanks to the internet — around me, the trees are nearly bare, frosty mornings are fleeting, brown oak leaves spin in wind, and the nearby lake is a distant silver slice of light. I hope your days are warm, full of laughter and restful. Here’s the least gloomy poem on December my hunt turned up:

December by Harvey Carson Grumbine

High like skeletons grim
The trees hold up their arms;
The last leaf’s hurried from its limb
By the tempest’s wild alarms;
The river ripples gray and cold,
And autumn’s o’er like a story told.

Deep in the lonely wood
The leaves lie thickly strown;
The timorous rabbit finds him food,
The snow-bird seeks his own;
The cricket long has ceased his song,
For the breath of winter’s cold and strong.

Close to the level plain
The snow clings like a sheet;
The chimney moans as if in pain,
Lashed by the hissing sleet;
And all good men are glad to be
Where the Yule-log sparkles merrily.

 

Blogging Tip: Don’t let too many days pass without posts (unlike me). People who post regularly quickly find friends interested in the same things. 

20 thoughts on “Late December”

  3. I’ve let way too many days pass without a post since character-Greg graduated… I’ve just been really busy, writing a weekly episodic story was becoming too much of a chore, and I need time off from writing 😦

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  5. Hi Brenda,

    Thanks for another lovely poem.

    I want to wish you, Bret and Kyle, Theo and Anna a very Merry Christmas and a 

    Happy New Year ! 

    May 2024 bring you all good things.

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    div>Life is a bit confusing just now, but I will try to make contact by phone so

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  8. Lovely to see you here Brenda it seems an age since I saw a post from you.
    I love your poem it catches the real feeling of this dying end of the year 💜💜💜
    Thank you for your Christmas wishes I wish you and yours a very happy Christmas and and a Happy, Healthy 2024 💜💜🦌🦌

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