Christmas is a State of Mind
By Dwight Ross
I am very pleased to announce that my poem, Christmas is a State of Mind, was included in the Old Mountain Press Holiday Cheer Anthology. I want to thank Editor, Tom Davis, for including my poem in this anthology. You can read the poem below.
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When I think of Christmas
I am carried to that special place
hidden somewhere in the past
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Christmas is a state of mind, you know
those childhood memories
packed away in boxes, like decorations
brought out to celebrate the season
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Christmas is a time when a tune or a song
will open the window of my mind
to images seemingly forgotten, yet vividly clear
Music does that, you know
The song always remembers
Christmas is that feeling of reliving
school days, of pictures to color
decorations on the wall…
recalling church programs with four-line
recitations dressed up as Mary and Joseph
with the baby Jesus in a manger
and frightened shepherds and Wise Men
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Christmas is a feeling of comfort and joy
being loved and appreciated
singled out and given special gifts
remembering the smiles on people’s faces
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The joy of giving and receiving
is what Christmas is all about…
God’s gift of love and grace to us
is now our gift to share with others
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Christmas is a state of mind
lived out every day of our life.
(Note: You can read all of the poems in this anthology by going to Amazon Kindle)
Dwight Roth grew up in Southwestern Pennsylvania. He taught elementary school in Eastern North Carolina before retiring after 29 years. Now he lives with his wife Ruth near Monroe, NC, and spends his time painting and writing. He has self-published several books that are found on Amazon Kindle. He is also published in past Old Mountain Press Anthologies. A book of poems called Ebb and Flow and a children’s book on Alzheimer’s called Grandpa Has Holes in His Head are his latest creations. Ebb and Flow is only available in hard copy from the author at [email protected] ,
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