Image Credit: Home for the Holidays by Gretchen Huber Warren
Spicy within the scent of mulling wine
a Cabernet of smooth poetic hues
will color fond remembrance in our days
as life reveals the fortitude of youth.
Young children warming fingers near a flame;
a fire from hearths where love can hold a hand
with palms face up for welcoming their own.
Our children surely apt to venture home.
Our roots remember holidays gone by
with memories that linger as we grow
nourishing those whose young eyes see the world
as earth presenting everything we know.
This knowledge comes within the bond of blood
life liquid running through each story told
The tales of yesterday remembered fond
and loved with savory flavors that we know.
A contest entry
- Yankee Candle Scents and Wreaths by ea.
600 points, ended October 23, 2008, 12 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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wow thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane. I really have to say that I just love this picture it is soooo cute. I also love the flow and rhythme of this work. Good job. No spelling or grammer errors either that I noticed. All in all an excellent write. Very nicely written and very creative. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Then I am pleased. If you found a spot that feels good in this poem, I have success. Thank you so much. ~Pamela 
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well done . . good take on the prompt . . cozy feelings . . best of luck in the contest !!
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Thank you so much for your kind words. ~Pamela
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Ahh it is coming thank you for this soft wonderful poem. as always your words express in such a beautiful way.
Love and LIght
Frozentearz
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Thank you so much my friend. So pleased you enjoyed this one. I am still trying to get this form down. Really interesting but hard. You know me, I LOVE form. So pleased you enjoyed, and yes yes yes, it is on its way. Merry Merry HO HO HO ~Pamela
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Excellent
Any other words than Excellent would only be trying to add filling to this comment
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Ahh. Thank you so much my friend. Always good to hear from you. I did have fun with this but still practicing this wreath form. Really a cool thing to try. So pleased y ou enjoyed. ~Pamela
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This is an utterly charming poem and a completely clever take on the idea of the "wreath", taking a word from each preceding line, like "wine," and giving it a specific name, like "Caberet", (hues = color, earth = world and so on.) I really think it's a very special way to have approached this challenge. Although it doesn't have the same aural quality that Herbert's wreath gives through its repetion of sound, the end-line ryhme is very nice and provides its own. I enjoyed this holiday poem and admire its craft. Thank you so much!
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Thank you. I am still struggling with the form. Got any good pointers for me my friend? I am not quite grasping how words are used to form the wreath.
and I want to . 
When you have a moment.
AND there are still many candles for me to choose from . . .
Thanks again for your wonderful comments. Much much appreciated. ~Pamela
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Ya Hoo!
Loved it Pam.
My kind of poem.
Jim
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Thank you Jim. Mine too. ~Pamela
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