January 2025
James Seegert
jrs376@mail.com
jrs376@mail.com
Bio Note: I am a writer, performance poet and storyteller. As a member of the Performance Poets Association (PPA) I have read extensively throughout the NYC metro area, being featured numerous times at PPA events and the Phoenix Poetry Series in Greenwich Village. I am a member of Calling All Poets in the Hudson Valley and a monthly reader at Lit/Lit in Beacon, NY. My poem, "New Year’s Day", appears in my recently published book, Fresh Light.
Editors's Note: The following is an excerpt from the original poem.
Editors's Note: The following is an excerpt from the original poem.
New Year's Day
Let’s kick off the New Year
With a toast
For auld lang syne my friend
For auld lang syne
No debating
Robert Burns
Scottish translations
Or such
Clink
Take a cup of kindness
Enjoy
Edvard Grieg, Keith Jarrett
Dylan and scented candles
Filled the air this night
Before leaving the table
A cordial was offered,
In lieu of his aged Port,
One of my host’s
Poems
Specifically written for
The occasion:
Sumatra Dark Roast
Ethiopian Heirloom
Earl Grey tonight?
What do you think?
Oh, It’s all-good
I’ll have whatever
You’re thinking
Any of the trinity
Upon completing dinner
I reestablished my position
Sitting down by the fire
Next to the tall clock
Staring into the flickering flames
Of an impending New Year
My thoughts, however,
Were drawn to—
An unnamed Italian poet
(From the 13th century),
Vintage aged Port
And Rosemary
But never to…
The Jack of Hearts
©2025 James Seegert
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