H. P. Lovecraft at Christmas in poetry and prose.
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Christmas and no snow
though everyone dreams of some—
the gods are silent
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![Ghosts on Christmas Eve.
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WRITTEN FOR THE CHRISTMAS Week.)
Ghosts of a buried past!
Why have you come to-night?
Go! visit fairer scenes,
Hearts that are free and light;
For mine, alas! is sad and sore,
For the love and joy that can come no more.
Ghost of a buried love!
Love of the long ago,
Cold is my withered heart,
Cold as the drifting snow;
That with the willow branches wave,
In other climes above its grave.
Spirits: who seem to me like
Friends I’ve loved and lost;
Who now to this dark, dreary earth
From spiritland have cross’d,
Loved memories; my spirit holds you dear,
The one green spot within a desert drear.
Ghosts of the future, say
To me what shall it bring.
Will peace and joy be borne,
Or grief; upon its wing!
Will shadows gather in the evening light,
And deeper grow with shades of coming night!
Ghost of a wasted life!
Come in the waning light.
Haunts with a nameless dread
Like voices in the night.
Life’s hours like precious pearls I see,
Lost, one by one, in eternity!
Angels of Christmas Eve:
Say is there lasting bliss,
For troubled wear souls,
In such a world as this?
Tell me, then flee away at morn,
Sing out the joyful strains
A Prince of peace is borne.
IRISHWOMAN.
Bowen Hills.
The Telegraph [Brisbane, Qld]. December 22, 1888:10 col 6](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rykdmiisbjdf4ooel7bxlrfu/bafkreibjiy4csp7d2xbu4fixw7dgnsdprdbgw6sxrxrf6ir5ym3b56sgzu)
Ghosts on Christmas Eve. — WRITTEN FOR THE CHRISTMAS Week.) Ghosts of a buried past! Why have you come to-night? Go! visit fairer scenes, Hearts that are free and light; For mine, alas! is sad and sore, For the love and joy that can come no more. Ghost of a buried love! Love of the long ago, Cold is my withered heart, Cold as the drifting snow; That with the willow branches wave, In other climes above its grave. Spirits: who seem to me like Friends I’ve loved and lost; Who now to this dark, dreary earth From spiritland have cross’d, Loved memories; my spirit holds you dear, The one green spot within a desert drear. Ghosts of the future, say To me what shall it bring. Will peace and joy be borne, Or grief; upon its wing! Will shadows gather in the evening light, And deeper grow with shades of coming night! Ghost of a wasted life! Come in the waning light. Haunts with a nameless dread Like voices in the night. Life’s hours like precious pearls I see, Lost, one by one, in eternity! Angels of Christmas Eve: Say is there lasting bliss, For troubled wear souls, In such a world as this? Tell me, then flee away at morn, Sing out the joyful strains A Prince of peace is borne. IRISHWOMAN. Bowen Hills. The Telegraph [Brisbane, Qld]. December 22, 1888:10 col 6
"Ghosts on Christmas Eve" Australia, 1908 #ChristmasPoetry Rather more melancholy ghosts than creepy ones!
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Christmas by Virna Sheard reminds us that joy and sorrow walk side by side during the holidays — and that kindness, even for one day, can bridge the distance between them.
#ChristmasPoetry #OriginalPoems #SeasonOfKindness
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❄️ A PROPER HEDGEHOG VINTAGE CHRISTMAS ANNUAL❄️
curated by Mark Davidson is generously being shared for FREE as an Ebook!✨
You can hear me read my contributing poem to this beautiful anthology by Hedgehog Poetry Press below 👇🏻
SHAKE THE CHRISTMAS GLOBE
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If pomes for If-mas anthology curated by Jack Caradoc
If Frank Zappa were Christmas by Carmella de Keyser.
If Georgia O'Keefe were Christmas by Carmella de Keyser.
⭐IF POMES FOR IF-MAS⭐
Curated by Jack Caradoc.
I wonder if this is the most unique Christmas anthology out in the world right now?
Thanks to @dreich.bsky.social for my copy🙏🏻
Proud to have two 'ifs' within about #FrankZappa & #GeorgiaOKeefe
#Christmasanthologies
#collaborations
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We are
grounded
in the pitted snow
after the collision:
two of us with
broken hooves,
another with a cracked antler.
someone
(Not naming names!)
forgot to check
the flight plan
#Christmas
#ChristmasPoem
#ChristmasPoetry
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The Christmas by Edwin Muir
Muir, Edwin, _One Foot in Eden_ (London: Faber And Faber, 1956), p. 38.
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#PoetryAtChristmas
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Thrilled that my poem THE CHRISTMAS GOBLINS, inspired by Western Balkan folklore, is featured within the Christmas Special of the TICKETS TO SCARY-NESS ON THE POETRY EXPRESS. Thank you to the editors.👺❄️👺
#ChristmasFolklore
#ChristmasPoetry
#SpookyPoems
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PUZZLES FOR POETS. — Who can wonder, at this season, If a poet lose his reason Searching for a rhyme to “Christmas”? Wouldn’t that produce strabismus? Though he hunt from pole to isthmus He will end by saying, “This mus’ Do, I guess!” And then there’s “reindeer”! How that strikes the poet’s pained ear Really must not be explained here. When he gets around to “Santa” He begins to want to plant a Kick in some one’s ribs, so, nimbly, He proceeds to tackle “chimbly, “Foiled again,” he says, “by Jim’ny!” Surely there’s a rhyme for chimney. Finds it not, and growls, sub limine, What the devil does St. Nicholas— Who pretends to cheer and tickle us— Mean by making us ridiculous?” Still, a poet cannot please un- Less he uses “words in season." New York Times. December 23, 1904.
#Christmaspoetry from 1904
Who can wonder, at this season,
If a poet lose his reason
Searching for a rhyme to “Christmas”?
Wouldn’t that produce strabismus?
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Congratulations Peter on these festive picks, and thank you for including a little one from me too.
❄️🌲❄️
#PoetryCorner
#ChristmasPoetry
#SeasonalPoems
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We accompanied Herod's men out to some village south of the city.
It was barely more than a pile of stone huts.
The Inn (in name only) was a hovel, and its stable even worse.
It was there we had them bring the children two years and younger.
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#SOD
#SongoftheDay
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Banners "2000 Miles"
#Christmas
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www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53216/...
Christina Rosetti
"A Christmas Carol"
#Christmas
#ChristmasPoems
#ChristmasPoetry
2025-1207
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What an unexpectedly delightful reading of the Christmas classic by Quentin Crisp.
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#QuentinCrisp #AVisitFromStNicholas #TwasthenightbeforeChristmas #Christmaspoetry #Christmas
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Nothing more festive than Crimbo shopping all day then ordering a Kristmas Kebab from ya local takeaway! 😋🤣🤘🏻 #ChristmasPoetry 😝
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H. P. Lovecraft is perhaps not a writer whom you would associate with Christmas, but ......
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"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep; The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, with peace on earth, good-will to men"
( I heard the Bells on Christmas Day. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863)
#IHearTheBells",
#HenryWadsworthLongfellow",
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New funny Christmas poem for kids: "I'm Counting the Days until Christmas" poetry4kids.com/poems/im-cou... #holidaypoem #christmaspoetry #childrenspoetry #poetry4kids
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✨ "Brightening up the Christmas tree, flashing there for all to see..." Celebrate the magic of twinkling lights with this joyful Christmas poem. #TwinklingLights #ChristmasPoetry #PeskyPoetry
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