It’s just a day
Christmas day
But I feel its magical pull all year
Counting down days in summer
Marking the years off, one by one
Christmas past, a tiny organ playing carols
Bouffant Barbie and Chatty Cathy ‘neath the tree
45s playing oh your red scarf matches your eyes
and first there is a mountain then there is no mountain then there is
itchy turtlenecks and slipper socks
Christmas present, a house filled with laughter
Babies and boys ‘round the tree
Mariah singing upstairs and football on tv
Baby dolls and stuffed dogs and shiny new trucks
Tickets to the future amid cashmere dreams
Christmas future, unwritten, still
built on hope and love and possibility
in rooms filled with people
we’ve yet to meet
in places we’ve yet to be
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About katemccarrollmoore
Kate Moore’s passion is literacy, and she serves as a mentor teacher and staff developer throughout the greater Bay Area. Kate served three terms as the City of San Ramon's Poet Laureate (2012-2018); she also teaches poetry writing workshops and is an instructor in the Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MATL) program at St. Mary’s College of California. She was honored as SRVUSD Teacher of the Year in 2007 and San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year in 2009. Kate holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from California State University, East Bay, an M.A. in Teacher Leadership from St. Mary’s and a B.A. in English Education from SUNY Albany. She and Bob Moore are the proud parents of four beautiful grown daughters, and the smitten grandparents of six beautiful children who fill them with hope for the future.
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Merry Christmas Kathleen