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It's DAY TWO, of this ELEVENTH celebration of the 12 Days of Christmas, here at Lunch Break, with 'Mary Did You Know' as our carol of choice.





All poems remain the copyright of individual writers

Today, so quiet
it is breezy and cool
the baby nurses
© Chelle Angelini


holy night
angels dance
In the silence
© Marilyn Ashbaugh


baby Jesus star
Santa Claus
In the sky tonight
© Shanna Baldwin


in
a
manger
salvation
sleeps
© Willie Bongcaron


songs of angels -
footsteps of shepherds
to the manger
© gillena cox


eternal evergreen
love that entered in our lives
through Jesus' blood shed
© Janice Garey


silent night...
in light of the Morning Star
we will awaken
© Pat Geyer


a gift from God
my daughter
came back
© Patty Hardin


christmas time
the gift we will always
remember
© Vibeke Laier


kings bearing gifts
a royal birthday
far from home
© Linda Lee L


distant hoofbeats—
wise men come with precious gifts
for Mary's child
© Michael H. Lester


Christmas morn’
the best present wrapped
in swaddling clothes
© Bryan Rickert



Mary, did you know
that people of every color
have sung praises for you.
© Sanaa Rizvi


Asleep in the manger a cat
© Alexis Rotella


In the manger
Who lay
Mary, did you know
© Sumana Roy


Mary, did you know?
the given conditions
the star of Bethlehem
© Ernesto Santiago


1st day of Christmas
after church and prayers
cinnamon buns
© Adelaide Shaw



THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING - DAY TWO
MUCH LOVE
gillena



Creche at St Patrick's R.C. Church, Newtown, Trinidad 2018; photo gillena cox

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