Sunday's Whirligig 90 - Christmas Haiku

When I came across this writing blog hop, I wanted to give it a try.  We are given 12 words to use as many of them as we want in any form of writing we choose.  The 12 words we are given  come from "A Christmas Poem" by Conrad Bilberry.  The words are the following:  mouth, mother, mutter, sticky, slip, straw, faces, father, figs, wasting, ways, warp.  I'm linking Christmas haiku I wrote to Sunday's Whirligig 90.

Christmas nativities

Christmas Haiku

children gather 'round

ready to taste fig pudding

they forget manners

sticky fingers grasp

as mother mutters to self

father takes over

with firmness but love

remember to mind your ways

it is Christmas time

they hush their voices

as they slip into their chairs

they bow and listen

father mouths the prayer

as beggar's tears fall on face

gratitude abounds

manger filled with straw

with sleeping babe the room glows

as they remember

time warps once again

as they sing well known carols

they feel the Spirit

resolve to cherish

with their plans to freely give

wasting world receives