2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake. The last celebration occurred 60 years ago so there is excitement for this year's event. Years ago, my family traveled to Chinatown in New York City and watched the colorful parade followed by a delicious dinner.
To celebrate this momentous Year of the Wood Snake, Jone Rush MacCulloch invited writers to join her annual New Year's Postcard Project. Below are the names of poets (Linda Baie, Patricia J. Franz, Michelle Kogan, Denise Krebs, Linda Mitchell, Mona Voelkel, and Tabatha Yeatts-Lonske) who sent me offerings on various topics: Year of the Snake, florals, light, and hummingbird poems that share creativity and artwork. Since my computer is acting up, I will need to delay the sharing of these wonderful poems for another date.
*My Poetry Postcards will hopefully be sent out this weekend. I thank all of the poets who sent me their postcards. Each one is unique and interesting to read.
Below are two poems I created for the Year of the Snake.
Happily, I added my one little word to the above poem
with advice that I need to remember. Below is another short example.
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I recall many Chinese New Year's parades in the streets of Chinatown, New York City. Colorful costumes dazzled onlookers. There was music, dancing, and a costumed animal, symbolizing the year of a specific animal. Streamers and firecrackers added to the excitement of the parade. Many people shared Chinese cuisine throughout the day.
2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake. The last celebration occurred 60 years ago so there is excitement for this year's event. Years ago, my family traveled to Chinatown in New York City and watched the colorful parade followed by a delicious dinner.
To celebrate this momentous Year of the Wood Snake, Jone Rush MacCulloch invited writers to join her annual New Year's Postcard Project. Below are the names of poets (Linda Baie, Patricia J. Franz, Michelle Kogan, Denise Krebs, Linda Mitchell, Mona Voelkel, and Tabatha Yeatts-Lonske) who sent me offerings on various topics: Year of the Snake, florals, light, and hummingbird poems that share creativity and artwork. Since my computer is acting up, I will need to delay the sharing of these wonderful poems for another date.
*My Poetry Postcards will hopefully be sent out this weekend. I thank all of the poets who sent me their postcards. Each one is unique and interesting to read.
Below are two poems I created for the Year of the Snake.
 Happily, I added my one little word to the above poem with advice that I need to remember. Below is another short example. 2025 Year of the Snake r |
I recall many Chinese New Year's parades in the streets of Chinatown, New York City. Colorful costumes dazzled onlookers. There was music, dancing, and a costumed animal, symbolizing the year of a specific animal. Streamers and firecrackers added to the excitement of the parade. Many people shared Chinese cuisine throughout the day.
This year the wise wood snake encourages people from different parts of the world to gather together in joyful merriment. As a sage filled with wisdom, the wood snake reminds us to: Embrace new beginnings.Paint a blank canvas.Walk in stillness.Join a parade.Unfold the new andLet go of the past.
Be mindful of Wood snake's wisdom:Growth requires patience,Adaptability, and inner strength.A year of newness andTransformation awaits!draft © CVarsalona, January 2025
Join Tabatha at her blog post to enjoy the poetic goodness of poets and see the online booklet she created with poems from a variety of writers.I thank her for adding my poem to the Brave Poetry Project.
Within yesteryear's cornersdarkness held hidden patches of fear.An image, a sound, and thoughtsbring flashing moments to lifehaunting a withered soul.Is there enough moral strengthto sweep away persistent fear?Within corners of today,life finds a light to extinguishgrief-stricken moments.A mindful pause searches torelease hidden patches of fear.Bravery finds its soul.©CVarsalona, 2025
Join Tabatha at her blog post to enjoy the poetic goodness of poets and see the online booklet she created with poems from a variety of writers.
I thank her for adding my poem to the Brave Poetry Project.
Within yesteryear's corners
darkness held hidden patches of fear.
An image, a sound, and thoughts
bring flashing moments to life
haunting a withered soul.
Is there enough moral strength
to sweep away persistent fear?
Within corners of today,
life finds a light to extinguish
grief-stricken moments.
A mindful pause searches to
release hidden patches of fear.
Bravery finds its soul.
©CVarsalona, 2025
