December : By Various Poets : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

* The Poet’s Calender : December : : By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Riding upon the Goat, with snow-white hair, I come, the last of all. This crown of mine Is of the holly; in my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine. I celebrate the birth of the Divine, And theContinue reading “December : By Various Poets : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

Giant Night : Anne Waldman : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

Giant Night BY ANNE WALDMANAwake in a giant nightis where I am There is a river where my soul, hungry as a horse drinks beside me An hour of immense possibility flies by and I do nothing but sit in the present which keeps changing moment to moment How can I tell you my mindContinue reading “Giant Night : Anne Waldman : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

Raven : Edgar Allan Poe : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

The Raven : : BY EDGAR ALLAN POEOnce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamberContinue reading “Raven : Edgar Allan Poe : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

A Beautiful December Day : Francis Duggan : ( 1 ) : : In This Beautiful And Sunny Land : Francis Duggan : ( 2 ) : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

A Beautiful December Day : : By Francis Duggan : : : : The magpies are warbling on the sunlit treesTheir music is carrying in the evening breezeThat blow from the sea through the park by the bayIt is such a beautiful December dayOf the beauty around me a poet would writeA poem for loversContinue reading “A Beautiful December Day : Francis Duggan : ( 1 ) : : In This Beautiful And Sunny Land : Francis Duggan : ( 2 ) : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

December William B Tappan : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

DecemberBy William B. Tappan Farewell, December! cheerless as thou art,Arrayed in gloom, thou hast for me no smile;Thou canst not whisper pleasure to this heart,Thy aspect cannot life’s sad ills beguile.O’er thee, the sombre child of Winter, stern,Nature is weeping in funereal gloom;Cheerless the trophies that adorn thy urn;Cold are the rites that consecrate thyContinue reading “December William B Tappan : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

December : Matthew Zapruder : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

DecemberBY MATTHEW ZAPRUDERAt first we allwent down to the laketo hold hands,all the multicolored signs saidwith lovewe will resist,over my headI lifted my sonso he could seewhat peoplelook likewhen they hearthe song Imagine,a few weeks lateragain people stoodat the water,this time at nightholding flashlightsto say to fireyou came without permissionand took our younggentle soldiersfor artsoContinue reading “December : Matthew Zapruder : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

A December Day : Judge J. A. Kerr : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

A December Day : : Judge J. A. Kerr : : : : Low-drifting clouds o’erspread the sky;The day is dull, the landscape drear;On earth’s fair bosom snowflakes lie,While trees, their snow-clad branches rear. From lowering clouds the winter rain,Cheerless, descends no longer, now;To patter loud on roof and pane,But falls the dancing flakes ofContinue reading “A December Day : Judge J. A. Kerr : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

December: Sir Edwin Arnold : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

December : : Sir Edwin Arnold: born: 10 June 1832 — 24 March , 1904 , London , U. K. : : : : : ; In fret-work of frost and spangle of snowUnto his end the year doth wend;And sadly for some the days did go,And glad for some were beginning and end!But—sad orContinue reading “December: Sir Edwin Arnold : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

December : Henry G. Hewlett : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

December : : By Henry G. Hewlett : : An old man’s life, dim, colorless and cold,Is like the earth and sky December shows.The barest joys of sense are all he knows:Hope that erewhile made their fruition bold,Now soars beyond. If one sun-glint of gold,Rifts in the dense grey firmament disclose,Earth has enough. ‘Mid purpleContinue reading “December : Henry G. Hewlett : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

December : Mary Elizabeth [McGrath] Blake : : December Poems: : Months Poems : :

December : Mary Elizabeth [McGrath] Blake: Chill the night wind moans and sighs, On the sward the stubble dies; Slow across the meadows rank Float the cloud-rifts grim and dank; On the hill-side, bare and brown, Twilight shadows gather down,— ‘Tis December. : : ❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️ ❄️🌨️ Stark and gaunt the naked trees Wrestle with theContinue reading “December : Mary Elizabeth [McGrath] Blake : : December Poems: : Months Poems : :”

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