Coffee House Writers

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Fiction
      • Action & Adventure
      • Fantasy
      • Historical Fiction
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Romance
      • Science Fiction
      • Speculative Fiction
      • Suspense & Thrillers
      • Westerns
      • Women’s Fiction
      • Women Sleuths
    • Nonfiction
      • Astrology & Tarot
      • Biographies
      • Business
      • Creativity
      • Creative Nonfiction
      • Cooking, Food & Drink
      • Culture
      • Current Affairs & Politics
      • Design, Fashion & Style
      • Entertainment
      • Environment
      • Health & Wellness
      • History
      • Home & Garden
      • Lifestyle
      • Media
      • Memoir & Autobiographies
      • Paranormal
      • Parenting & Family
      • Reviews
      • Science & Technology
      • Self-Help & Relationships
      • Spiritual & Religious
      • Sports
      • Travel
      • True Crime
    • Poetry
      • Acrostic
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login

logo

Coffee House Writers

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Fiction
      • Action & Adventure
      • Fantasy
      • Historical Fiction
      • Horror
      • Mystery
      • Romance
      • Science Fiction
      • Speculative Fiction
      • Suspense & Thrillers
      • Westerns
      • Women’s Fiction
      • Women Sleuths
    • Nonfiction
      • Astrology & Tarot
      • Biographies
      • Business
      • Creativity
      • Creative Nonfiction
      • Cooking, Food & Drink
      • Culture
      • Current Affairs & Politics
      • Design, Fashion & Style
      • Entertainment
      • Environment
      • Health & Wellness
      • History
      • Home & Garden
      • Lifestyle
      • Media
      • Memoir & Autobiographies
      • Paranormal
      • Parenting & Family
      • Reviews
      • Science & Technology
      • Self-Help & Relationships
      • Spiritual & Religious
      • Sports
      • Travel
      • True Crime
    • Poetry
      • Acrostic
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login
  • The World We Leave Them

  • Jealousy

  • Aging Adventures

  • Growing Up In The Digital Age

  • Neptune’s Fortune: Part 1

  • A Thousand Shades of Love

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 17

  • Kill Switch

  • Daggy Shog

  • “Water, Water”

  • What I Never Said

  • The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 4

  • Reflections on Being Human

  • Lover of the Queen: Gift

  • Red Rockets

  • A First Kiss Is Fire

  • A Fistful of Sand

  • Competition

  • Of Lockets and Pomegranates: Chapter 16

  • The Rose and the Ivy

CultureCreativityParenting & FamilyPoetryMemoir & AutobiographiesEntertainment
Home›Nonfiction›Culture›Holidays Without Them

Holidays Without Them

By Calpernia Charles
December 23, 2019
1552
0
Share:
Photo Taken by Torland L. Charles
0
(0)

Moving away,
takes a lot, people say
but try it –
just around the holidays

I miss our chats
our traditions
and feast

Putting up our tree
No, not you – just me
but would do it all again
with pride and glee

No snow – we know
but Ho Ho Ho
we made it work,
with Caribbean flow

Black cake with rum
bumping our gums

Ham and turkey
di bubble
entire house flavorful

None stop laughing
just –
simplistic styling

Midnight mass
Oh laad
how long will it last?

As we giggled
our way through
a drawn out mass

Now a days
I celebrate –
No cake will bake

Because — Holidays
are just
empty days
without them

Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 0 / 5. Vote count: 0

No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

As you enjoyed this post...

Follow us on social media!

Oh no!

Let us improve this post!

Tell us how we can improve this post?

TagslaughterlightsHolidaysDecorationstraditions
Previous Article

I Turned Your Growler into a Vase ...

Next Article

Speak Silently

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0

Calpernia Charles

Sea breeze clears my mind as the waves washes the tension away. Belize my native land that breathes creativity and uniqueness with every ray of sunshine. Written words my way of standing up and speaking out.

Related articles More from author

  • Blurred led lights that read "Merry Christmas"
    FictionHorrorSuspense & Thrillers

    Mama Knows Best – Chapter 7

    April 14, 2025
    By Amana Zanella
  • Living room with fireplace decorated with a Christmas tree, garland and wreath.
    Poetry

    Yesterday into Tomorrow

    December 15, 2025
    By Rockebah C. Stewart
  • Blurred led lights that read "Merry Christmas"
    FictionHorrorSuspense & Thrillers

    Mama Knows Best – Chapter 9

    May 12, 2025
    By Amana Zanella
  • Blurred led lights that read "Merry Christmas"
    FictionHorrorSuspense & Thrillers

    Mama Knows Best – Chapter 1

    December 16, 2024
    By Amana Zanella
  • A small lit candle cupped in two hands.
    FantasySpeculative FictionFiction

    The Candlemaker

    December 22, 2025
    By Adriana Philips
  • EntertainmentLifestyleNonfictionCultureCreativityEnvironmentParenting & Family

    Marching Into Spring

    March 2, 2020
    By Lisa Post

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You may be interested

  • Flamingo in the water
    FictionRomanceMystery

    The Island Flamingo: Chapter 16

  • Poetry

    The Sound of the Past

  • Divorce and Dating
    FictionRomance

    Divorce And Dating And Other Disasters At Age 40: Part 7

Timeline

  • April 6, 2026

    The World We Leave Them

  • April 6, 2026

    Jealousy

  • April 6, 2026

    Aging Adventures

  • April 6, 2026

    Growing Up In The Digital Age

  • April 6, 2026

    Neptune’s Fortune: Part 1

Latest Comments

  • LC Ahl (Lucy)
    on
    April 6, 2026
    What a beautiful piece. I love your description: "That’s the beauty of love, its layers like ...

    A Thousand Shades of Love

  • LC Ahl (Lucy)
    on
    April 6, 2026
    I love your story Amanda! Can't wait to read and find out what happens next. The ...

    Neptune’s Fortune: Part 1

  • Leah
    on
    March 10, 2026
    Andrew's work is always my favorite, I love how he explores different emotions and life ...

    Streetlights and Stars

  • Ivor Steven
    on
    March 4, 2026
    Thank you so much for your lovely words, and forreading my poem here on CHW, Eugi ...

    Dawn’s Symphony of Light

  • Eugi
    on
    March 3, 2026
    Lovely poem, Ivor. You beautifully expressed morning bliss. 💕

    Dawn’s Symphony of Light

About us

  • coffeehousewriters3@gmail.com

Donate to Coffee House Writers

Coindrop.to me

Follow us

© Copyright 2018-2026 Coffee House Writers. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s administrator and owner is strictly prohibited. Privacy Policy · Disclaimer