glanztanzend

glitzerndbunte
einzigartige
grußkarten
glückwünsche

aufgereiht
auf rotem faden
über kerzen
glanztanzend

dennochlächelnd
zurückzwinkernd
blickweckend
herzwärmend

glitzerndbunte
einzigartige
käfergedichte
lindwurmwörter

dank tinte
oder tastatur
überseesegelnd
überschallfliegend

von geist zu geist
von aug zu ohr
lautspielerei
wortzauberei

Christina Egan ©2023

dazzle-dancing

sparkly-motley
one-of-a-kind
greeting cards
congratulations

lined up on
red thread
above candles
dazzle-dancing

smiling anyway
winking back
awakening gazes
warming hearts

sparkly-motley
one-of-a-kind
little beetle poems
dragon’s tail words

overseas sailing
supersonic flying
thanks to ink
or keyboard

from mind to mind
from eye to ear
sound-play
word-spell

Christina Egan ©2024

The poem does what it describes: inventing words, lining them up, and sending them to others to greet them and cheer them up!

The newly coined terms had to be re-created in English – where they do of course not look as impressive. “lindwurmwörter”, for instance, really sounds and looks as long as a dragon, while “dragon’s tail words” looks like three words, even though I added the tail in to get a similar effect in meaning and length.

In England, many people hang Christmas cards up on golden strings. During the festive seasons of 2022/23 and 2023/24, I crafted many greeting cards myself, each of them unique.

Seasonal greeting cards. Artwork: Christina Egan ©2022/©2023/©2024. Photographs: Miriam Hornsby ©2024.