I volunteered to host a holiday party way back in the summer when the living was easy. My Thanksgiving week was busy with family events, but we managed to squeeze in Christmas decorating as well. My youngest daughter Martha was visiting, and she has a good eye for design. She created a piece with candles and cedar branches and berries. When I lit the candles, I was surprised at the atmosphere of warmth and welcome they created. On a tricube roll, I wrote a gratitude poem for these candles.
Holiday
open doors
candles litflickering
welcoming
visitorsfireplace glows
Margaret Simon, draft
everyone
knows we’re home
Welcome to this photo. Write a small poem, any form, in the comments and encourage other writers with your words. Happy Holidays!
Reflections on the Teche 
Into the Light
draft by Janet Clare Fagal
In dark moments
sparks of brightness shoot
toward hearts.
Candles’ glow
sings notes we can hear,
if we listen.
This light can change
everything.
I really tried to keep it as short as possible, so many edits. Laura Salas did a video on her Kidlit group which I am in, about “less is more” and the impact of shorter poems. I have to work harder on honing this. Thanks, Laura, thanks, Margaret.
I’m interested in the notes we can hear, Janet. I’m trying to learn the Less is More lesson also… thank for this…
Economy without losing meaning is my daily work with poetry. Having a limiting form like haiku or tricube helps me hone in. In this poem, I feel the message is one of hope, how a change of perspective can change your view.
Lovely! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
Thank you Ruth and Margaret. (I need to move the word sings to after glow on that line!) Yes to the message, Margaret. I believe in hope and light and being in charge of how we view the world and view it fairly. Your candles drew me in and I just felt drawn to the light and all it can mean if we reflect.
I agree – candles can change everything.
Janet, such beautiful message of light healing. I love your personification, “Candles glow sings notes we can hear.” Great ending.
three flames
dancing
at the center
glow with heat and light
tendrils of greens
and crimson berries
brandish nature’s
beauty
Margaret,
I have yet to try the tricube but love yours, and your lovely centerpiece. All so welcoming!
Karen,
(I never can figure out how or where to leave my reply for Margaret, lol. )
Thanks for your note about my offering today! Yes to those crimson berries and how they brandish nature’s beauty. We have so much variety in nature, that in itself is such a wonderful gift. I love your description of the dancing flames. They can be so mesmerizing!
Oh, how I wish the crimson berries were real. But I do love how they become real in your poem.
I love your dancing flames! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
Lovely – brandishing nature’s beauty.
Karen, a beautiful poem. I love your personification “three flames dancing at the center.” Great word choices tendrils, crimson, and brandish. Love how you worked in nature.
In the dark
you can’t see,
stub your toe
One small flame
kills the dark,
lights the way
Darkness can’t
fight the light,
light will win
Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
One small flame… yes! Thanks for this, Ruth… light will win.
Darkness can’t fight the light. Love this message. I think it’s up to us to bring light wherever we go.
Light will win! What a way to bring a ray of hope into this world. Thanks for trying the tricube today!
Ruth, I love your message of light overcoming darkness in your tricube.
Oh, Ruth, light will win. It will. Amen. Hugs to you and may there be much light and rejoicing. Beautiful light! I must try a tricube.
Love your tricube, Margaret. I also focused on three in response to seeing the three candles, but not in a tricube.
candles
flicker with joy
shimmer with peace
glow with love
Love the tryptic of joy, peace, and love!
Especially like shimmer with peace… thanks!
Love! ❤ Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
Ruth, beautifully written. I just love your verb choices with joy, peace, and love.
Margaret, your Martha made a beautiful display. Your tricube beautifully captures that atmosphere of warmth and welcome you mentioned. I know I’m very late to this party, but I did try a tricube. It was challenging.
cedar scent
red berries
candle light
casts a glow,
spirit of
Christmas night
families hug
grateful for
Christmas light
Gail Aldous draft
Wonderful Christmas tricube! It reads like a Christmas card. Make your own card, perhaps?
Thank you, Margaret. You read my mind; I actually was thinking the tricube would make a good Christmas card. Now, I just have to stage a photo to go with the poem. Thank you for always inspiring me. Have a great day. 🙂
Oops, I misspelled candlelight.