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This part of Christmas Time is devoted to Christmas related poetry by past and contemporary poets. It also provides a facility for purchasing poetry books in the form of Christmas dedicated collections or works by individual poets and writers that celebrate the Christmas season. This year we have a new section which is focused on Christmas poetry for children. It will probably be quite small at first, but we are hoping contributions from our visitors will be enable it to grow rapidly.
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Christmas Poems
* New this season
| All Those Amazing Dreams | Christmas John Betjeman |
Christmas Shocking | Just Like Jesus | We Won't Have A Christmas This Year Verna S. Teeuwissen |
The 365 Days Of Christmas |
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Talking
Turkeys Benjamin Zephania |
The Promise | Goodwill To Men - Give Us Your Money Pam Ayres |
The Angel Lady |
I
Keep My Snowman In The Freezer |
The Christmas Lesson |
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BC : AD |
Falling Snow |
Advent |
The First Tree In The
Greenwood Anon* |
Presence | Advent 1955 John Betjeman |
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Winter Poem |
Christmas Envelopes U.A. Fanthorpe |
Carol, For Candlemass Day
Anon* |
Just The Two Of Us |
Christmas 1914 |
Christmas Surprise |
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The Christmas Blessing Anon* |
First Light | Back Home With Us For Christmas Alan Williams |
The Wicked
Fairy At The Manger U.A. Fanthorpe |
Christmas Market | Keeping
Christmas Verna S. Teeuwissen |
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The New Year Anon* |
Hunger Hill Alan Williams |
Now Thrice Welcome
Christmas Anon* |
Greetings to the World |
Let Me Come In | Snowflakes |
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What The Donkey Saw U.A. Fanthorpe |
For The Children Or The Grown-ups? Anon |
Christmas
Is Coming Anon* |
St. Stephen Was A
Clerk
Anon* |
The Christmas Postman Alan Williams |
The Spirit Of Christmas Anon |
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A Christmas Carol |
Nativity |
Joseph U.A. Fanthorpe |
Santa's New Idea Anon |
P.S. To Santa |
Christmas Eve |
| Holy Night |
Christmass |
Softly
The Night Is Sleeping Anon* |
The Birds' Carol Traditional (Czech) |
In The Workhouse George R. Sims |
December John Clare |
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Little Donkey Eric Boswell |
Open House Anon |
The Bird Of Dawning |
Voices In The Mist |
Advice From Poor Robin's Almanac Anon |
The Twelve Days Of Christmas Traditional |
| In The Town Anon |
A Roman Thank You Letter James Mitchie (trans.) |
Make We Merry Anon |
The Christmas Pudding Anon |
Marmion Sir Walter Scott |
The Reckoning Anon |
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Winter |
I Sing Of A Maiden Anon |
Christmas Bells Henry W. Longfellow |
Christmas Presents Anon |
Now
That The Time Is Come Anon |
The Friendly Beasts |
| We
Won't Have A Christmas This Year
by Verna
S. Teeuwissen
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We won't have a Christmas this year, you say For now the children have all gone away; And the house is so lonely, so quiet and so bare We couldn't have a Christmas that they didn't share. We won't have a Christmas this year, you sigh, For Christmas means things that money must buy. Misfortunes and illness have robbed us we fear Of the things that we'd need to make Christmas this year. We won't have a Christmas this year you weep, For a loved one is gone, and our grief is too deep; It will be a long time before our hearts heal, And the spirit of Christmas again we can feel. But if you lose Christmas when troubles befall, You never have really had Christmas at all. For once you have had it, it cannot depart When you learn that true Christmas is Christ in your heart. |
Copyright © Verna S Teeuwissen All rights reserved. No part of this text may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Publisher. |
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"The Oxford Book Of Christmas Poems" Price £5.59. This is a lovely book of Christmas poems, suitable for children as well as adults, It contains many excellent illustrations and some of the poems in "Christmas Pie" section of the Christmas-time site are also contained within this book. The editors, Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark, obviously have excellent taste.
This is a lovely book of Christmas poems, suitable for children as well as adults, It contains many excellent illustrations and some of the poems in "Christmas Pie" section of the Christmas-time site are also contained within this book. The editors, Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark, obviously have excellent taste.
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"A Child's Christmas In Wales" by Dylan Thomas. Price £7.19 This is one of my very favorite books, full of language that I never grow tired of. It is beautiful and if you don't own a copy already buy one immediately and put a smile on your Christmas.
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"The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Poems" Michael Harrison & Christopher Start-Clark Editors. Price £11.58 Don't be misled by the title. This is a book to be enjoyed by poetry lovers of all ages who are susceptible to the magic of Christmas. Any poetry book that includes W.H.Auden's "Well, So That Is That" can't be just a kid's book. It really is a wonderful collection of Christmas Poetry with works from such poets as Blake, Clare, Donne, Herrick, Stevenson, de la Mare, Hardy and Rosetti as well as more contemporary writers including Dylan Thomas, John Hedgley, Charles Causley, Sylvia Plath, U.A. Fanthorpe and Ted Hughes. This is an excellent source of material for anyone putting together a rehearsed reading as a Christmas Entertainment ......... as of course are the Christmas Poetry and Christmas Prose sections of the Christmas-Time web site. |
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"The Works" by Pam Ayres. Price £4.79 A collection of the poetry by Pam Ayres, this book offers an amalgamation of all her works up to the time this book was published. Her poems take a humorous and honest look at life's pleasures and tribulations and includes such poems as "Goodwill To Men - Give Us Your Money", "Oh I Wish I'd Looked After me Teeth" and "Do You Think Bruce Springsteen Would Fancy Me?".
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John Betjeman's Collected Poems Price £10.39 "Collected Poems" made publishing history when it first appeared and has sold over two million copies. This edition includes "Uncollected Poems" (the last of the individual volumes not included in the previous edition) and also two additional unpublished poems. This is a wonderful collection of meaningful and accessible poetry, including "Advent 1955" and "Christmas", that is a must for any personal library.
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"Christmas Poems" An Anthology by Gaby Morgan Price £5.99 A wonderful anthology of beautiful new and classic poems, carols and hymns for Christmas. It captures all the emotion and excitement of the festive season, from anticipation to enjoyment, to the joy of the New Year. Christmas is coming, The geese are getting fat, Please to put a penny In the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny, A ha'penny will do; If you haven't got a ha'penny, Then God bless you! Anon.
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"Christmas Poems" by U.A. Fanthorpe £6.36 This collection brings together the poems U.A. Fanthorpe has been sending out to friends as Christmas cards since 1974. Now readers can enjoy Fanthorpe's yearly output in its entirety, including some previously unpublished poems. Her subject matter covers a broad range of seasonal characters, from angels to personified Christmas trees, and a variety of styles to match.
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"My First Book OF Christmas Poems" John Foster (Editor) Put a little bit of sparkle into your Christmas with this glittering collection. Richly illustrated and beautifully designed, this book is a present you will want to open over and over again. There are poems about everything you can think of to do with Christmas - from decorations to food, from parties to presents, and of course the real reason for the celebrations. A festive feast for the eyes and for the imagination.A wide-ranging, balanced, and lively collection, with contributions from AA Milne, Tony Mitton, Berlie Doherty and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Illustrated in zinging, jewel-like colour with tremendous charm and energy. |
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" The Brink" by Jacob Polley £8.79 This is the debut collection from the poet considered to be the new Paul Farley. Jacob Polley already has a formidable reputation as one of the sharpest and most unusual new voices to have appeared on the scene in many years.
Now, with the publication of his first collection, "The Brink", readers will have their first opportunity to see his remarkable transforming imagination in action, where a jar of honey is '... the sun, all flesh and no bones / but for the floating knuckle / of honeycomb / attesting to the nature of the struggle', and a gull's hovering is 'suddenly akin / to dangling on a coat hook / by the back of a coat you're still in'. If you would like to know more about this book or other Pan MacMillan publications you can use the following link: www.panmacmillan.com
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"Talking Turkeys" by Benjamin Zephaniah £4.99 "Be kind to yu turkeys dis christmas"! Who else but Benjamin Zephaniah lets us know that turkeys 'jus wanna play reggae' and wakes us up to 'Civil Lies'? In my opinion this is an excellent, fun, well-illustrated book. Great for young and old and if you haven't got it yet then may I suggest that you put it on your next birthday list. Nice one Benjamin! Reviewed by Bernie from London. Other books by Benjamin Zephaniah
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"Christmas Please" Editor: Douglas Brooks-Davies Illust'r: Dovrat Ben-Nahum £6.39 This is a must-have collection of seasonal poems that is worth buying for the stunning watercolour illustrations alone, beautifully created by Dovrat Ben-Nahum. They are all here; the baby Jesus and the three kings, holly and mistletoe, angels and carols, mince pies and gifts in this wonderful selection of poetry on every aspect of Christmas, taken from the whole range of English verse, from the Middle Ages to the present day. There are many delightful poems to please every mood and taste. All you have to do to buy it is click the above illustration. (Sorry, UK only.)
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"Beyond
The Parasol"
by Stephen Leake £7.50 This debut collection gives readers their first chance to see Leake's imagination in action. All the poems contained here were written between September 2003 and May 2004. The symbols and images used tend to harness nature, the sea and scenes from the writer's past. The title poem 'Beyond the Parasol' opens with a series of images which disappear into its final line. This sets the scene for the whole collection. The poems are evanescent with a strong balance between image and idea. Stephen writes: Originally I didn't intend to publish them; mainly because of their autobiographical nature (particularly the ones from 'Ten Minutes Only.') However, the book quickly seemed to shape itself and I thought I'd share the collection with a wider audience. The symbols and images I use tend to harness nature, the sea and observations of everyday people. I have tried to allow each poem to live in its language, using the imagery as a starting point. The title poem opens with a series of pictures, which expand as the poem develops until it disappears into its final line: 'Beyond. Beyond the parasol'. This line sets the scene for the entire collection. Mysteriously absorbing, it reminds us that there is a lot to be discovered in the changing world beyond the four walls we may live in - or, in the case of this poem, beyond the parasol in my own East-End back garden. My hope with this book is that it will be enjoyed and understood by the reader at whatever level. Much contemporary poetry can be pretentious and superficial. I believe this is not the case with this collection. I would like to think that the reader is taken on a journey around the many different aspects of life explored here. The Parasol Poems are not just full of meaning. They are being themselves. |
You can find more Christmas Poetry by visiting http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/holiday-poems/christmas-poems.htm