Happy Holidays from Four and Twenty! Below are our favorites from the batch of Holiday Haiku you submitted. Not all are in the 5/7/5 format, but we wanted to share them anyway.
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Christmas rides in on
the coattails of Thanksgiving–
Muzak fills the stores.
Cara Holman
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hot chocolate steaming
shiny decorations glow
holidays arrive
Mark Stratton
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buy one, get one free
nothing says Xmas so well
as deal of the year!
Mark Stratton
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Immunize me, Lord
from these feverish salesmen
and their pandemic.
Clint Williams
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childhood memories
a stocking for a dreidel
holiday exchange
Leslie Palm
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fresh-baked gingerbread
for the savor it imparts
a child with wide eyes
Angie Werren
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snowflakes on the ground
great-grandma’s christmas cookies
sift flour and sugar
Angie Werren
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Christmas snow
deep on the mountain–
child is born.
Earl Moore
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reminiscent pause
Linus says to Charlie Brown
Christmas true meaning
Stacey Wilson
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Streets with twinkling homes
Harbor feuding families,
Lonely souls envy
Shawna Harch
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And how could this be?
Amid poverty and crime,
my God, a baby!
Clint Williams
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a heart beats softly
pulsing through fresh mounds of hay
thrums prophetic call
Leslie Palm
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ice in a vodka tonic
mom laughs herself out of the kitchen
“women’s Christmas secret,” she says
Rebecca Olson
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Santa driving
a large SUV
reindeer swear
Earl Moore
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nestled in holly
red bird festive with his song
solstice morning air
Stacey Wilson
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Past resolutions
made and forgotten– this year
will be different.
Cara Holman
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