Merry Snow White Christmas

The moon puts forth
Its silver light
Among the stars
This winter night.
Its plain to see
Without a doubt
This is a year
We’ll sing about.

We are going to have
A bright white Christmas!
We’ll have to get
Our shovels out
To clear away the snow
And find our mittens
For cold hands
And boots to warm each toe.

We are going to have a
Snow white Christmas!
It’s been really
Quite a while
Since Jack Frost
Tweaked each nose,
That we have had
To find our scarves
And haul out our warmest clothes.

Our hearts will sing,
Our voices too
And in our thoughts
We’ll be with you
To share our Snow White Christmas

(c) Lucille Falk Miller
written 12/18/2007

13 and My Christmas Flight

Thirteen is my lucky number
It brings good luck to me
Just 13 days from now
I’ll be flying westerly

At Spokane I’ll meet my daughter
Who’ll drive her Subaru
A hundred miles or more each way
It’s the holiday thing to do

Christmas is the holiday
Where we want togetherness
With evergreen and Christmas cheer
And sparkling happiness…

As predicted, 13 days ago,
I’m here in Idaho
Right here in Paradise Valley
And here is where I’ll be
Beside this wonderful blessed
Live green Christmas tree…

And now I am on day 15
It’s the strangest thing I’ve seen
In the sleigh, with Santa Claus—
It is bound to give one pause!

I am here in Idaho,
With Santa Claus and Ho Ho Ho
It’s a lovely place to be
And 13 brought luck to me.

(c) Lucille Falk Miller
Written December 2009

Thanksgiving Day

November is the month we choose
To show our gratitude
For all the blessings we’ve received
Our friends, family and our food.
And food – we should be grateful for
When one considers on this earth
How many, many people
So seldom since their birth
Have ever had enough to eat
I’ll remember when I pray
To say an extra prayer for them
On our Thanksgiving Day
And probably make a gift of cash
To provide something extra to their hash.

© Lucille Falk Miller

Fear

Sleep will not come
My heart is sad
Why must I think
Of fears I’ve had
Ever since
You shared with me
Things you have found
To do lately.
How they fit in-
The things you dream.
But I lie here
It does not seem
That I’ll fit in
To what may be
Your future life –
Will exclude me?

© Lucille Falk Miller

Christmas Alone

Christmas
What a lovely
Time of year
Sparkling lights
And caroling
Parties, friends
And family here,
Memories-
Of days gone by
Empty chairs
That make me sigh,
Loneliness
For here am I-
All alone

© Lucille Falk Miller
~December 4, 2005

Hiccup

Here am I
Sad and alone
Waiting by
The telephone
Every time
It rings I think
Please be home
My heart does sink
The hours pass
Day turns to night
What shall I do?
My thoughts take flight
Perhaps I should
Have a good stiff drink
Then climb in bed
And sleep, not think
But sad to say
The jig is up
Sleep will not come
When I hiccup

© Lucille Falk Miller
~April 15, 2003 [a 10 min writing exercise using the word ‘hiccup’]

Icy

It’s January 2010
The sun is shinning
That is when
The mercury falls
And so do we
If we don’t check
And we don’t see
All the ice
Lying there in wait
Broken bones
Are the sorry fate

(c) Lucille Falk Miller
~January 6, 2010