Nadolig Llawen

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birds, christmas, Cymraeg, Cymru, Haiku, HOLLY, nature, Poetry, thrush

song thrush has a feast
holly berries favourite
Merry Christmas, bird!

Nadolig Llawen I Pawb!

Merry Christmas and a safe New Year to all!

baked

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baking, cake, christmas, food, Haiku, kitchen, poem, Poetry

On tradition

Kitchen smells delight
spices, fruits soaked in cognac
Christmas cake is baked!

gone

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blackbirds, christmas, haiga, Haiku, HOLLY, nature

in the holly tree
blackbirds make a feast of it
Christmas berries, gone

Yesterdays

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christmas, ghosts, haiku, poetry, time

mince pies all eaten
wrapping paper recycled
ghost of Christmas past

Bugged

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bugs, christmas, cold, haiku, illness, poetry

irresistible
aiming to disrupt Christmas
malicious cold bug

Stollen

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bread, cake, christmas, food, haiku, indulgence, poetry, stollen

On an indulgence

annual event
baking Christmas stollen bread
home made marzipan

bloody

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blood, christmas, haiku, HOLLY, nature, poetry, tradition, trees

On a Christmas favourite

beautiful holly
bright red berries, Christmas time
dark green leaves draw blood

Cascade

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activity, christmas, decadence, haiku, indulgence, poem, walking

On avoiding decadence, the negative kind.

Christmas approaches
a cascade of indulgence
think I’ll go walking

Tribe

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christmas, DNA, genealogy, haiku, testing

Cool Christmas present
ancestry DNA kit
Which tribe I wonder?

Merry

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christmas, dogs, haiku, pathos, poetry, sadness

Merry Christmas, ha!
Enjoy your wee tree they said
Come on, let’s go home