Poember December
Joy To All
A Christmas tanaga
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2 min readDec 10, 2023
A bedside lamp for a tree
Rudolph hangs there happily
Counting the days to Christmas
Joy to all, peace be with us.
© Carolyn Hastings 2023
I only ever have one Christmas wish — and that’s for peace and joy for all of us. So, wherever you may be this Christmas and whoever you may be spending it with, I wish that peace and joy be with you and remain with you always. 💛
Join Us for Poember December
It’s Poember December at Paper Poetry!
Come and join our rhyming poetry event. Any type of rhyme is fine. My funny little offering is a tanaga — a poetic form from the Philippines that is constructed as a 7-syllables-per-line quatrain.
John Hansen applies his talent for quatrains as he ponders our eternal quest for happiness in What Lights Your Happy Fire? —
