Scenes for the holidays - David Oates
Christmas show, graceful dancing
“five golden rings”—
spray-painted hula hoops rattle
country graveyard
on some plots
little Christmas trees
with dad at keyboard
eight year old says yet again
“It’s MY Christmas gift!”
at Christmas parade
Bee, Train, Ladybug, all in lights —
watching parents toke
three a.m., reading in a hotel lobby—
thank God they’ve stopped
the Christmas music
church service
ornament falls from Christmas tree
rolls
after Christmas
bright and full
recycling bins
trying to reach downtown
blocked by Christmas parade--
Jesus!
a family reading
of the Christmas story
Furby® chuckles
the pine branches
offer up the snow
Christmas gift
bare dogwood
hung with pine needles
Christmas is near
the trees hold
their snowballs
patiently.
clear blue day, snow-covered
trees illuminated. From the limbs,
wind blows puffs of snow like
glittering sand clouds,
flashing in the sun.
though the snow on the ground is melted
snowman lingers
ignoring prognosis
icicles from car grill—
sixteen-year-old’s sparse beard
two inches of snow
9-year-old Georgia girl
won’t come inside
The runoff
pauses—
icicles
David Oates is an Athens area writer, radio host, and man of many scenes. His show Wordland is heard on WUGA-FM 91.7 / 97.9 at 8 pm Sunday, and again on Tuesday at 3:30 pm. He also hosts Wordmusic, the regular monthly event at Hendershots featuring Athens-area writers and musicians. The next Wordmusic event will be held this Wednesday December 17th beginning at 7:30 pm. Sign-up for Wordmusic begins around 7 pm.
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