Festive Poems
Birthday
by Tom Lathara
Today is my friend’s birthday.
Torrents of texts and messages, mundane wishes
Heaped on her like abandoned placards after an election rally.
What shall I wish her, a hundred others haven’t?.
May your days be green with a healthy sheen
Like leaves on the tree by the flowing waters
Exhaling life with every breath, in silence,
Not out of demand but of innate goodness.
......
Sanctuary
by Tom Lathara
The church stood by the river,
unflinching guardian for ages, scanning the horizon,
It’s steeples, like a bony hand raised in benediction,
Blessing the flowing waters on its journey.
For some, the church is like parent's home,
For a weekend visit or a place to be one festive days,
For others, a place for milestone events,
Baptisms, weddings and the final farewells.
......
Christmas Spirit
by Major Jellyfish
The wealthy familly
The christmas spirit
All bright and cheery
How can you fear it?
Room filled with laughter
The murdered turkey
Rots for days after
While hungry children
On their last chapter
......
Sanctuary
by Tom Lathara
The church stood by the river,
unflinching guardian for ages, scanning the horizon,
It’s steeples, like a bony hand raised in benediction,
Blessing the flowing waters on its journey.
For some, the church is like parent's home,
For a weekend visit or a place to be one festive days,
For others, a place for milestone events,
Baptisms, weddings and the final farewells.
......
Birthday
by Tom Lathara
Today is my friend’s birthday.
Torrents of texts and messages, mundane wishes
Heaped on her like abandoned placards after an election rally.
What shall I wish her, a hundred others haven’t?.
May your days be green with a healthy sheen
Like leaves on the tree by the flowing waters
Exhaling life with every breath, in silence,
Not out of demand but of innate goodness.
......
Christmas Spirit
by Major Jellyfish
The wealthy familly
The christmas spirit
All bright and cheery
How can you fear it?
Room filled with laughter
The murdered turkey
Rots for days after
While hungry children
On their last chapter
......
