It has been many months since I last posted anything on Wild Rose Reader. I have missed the kidlitosphere--especially participating in Poetry Fridays. There has been much going on in my life...and I have had to focus on those things. Still, I couldn't let the year end without sharing a poem or two with you.
Several years ago, I began working on a collection of poems
about candy. The collection takes one through the year with sweet treats. While
writing the poems, I collected information on many different kinds of candy by
reading books and by doing research on the Internet. I included short informational
paragraphs about the candy along with the poems.
I have loved chocolate since I was little. One present that
I always found stuffed in my Christmas stocking when I was a child was a small
sack of chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil. How I enjoyed unwrapping them and
letting the dark brown disks melt on my tongue!
UNDER THE TREE
Here’s a gift to savor…not save:
A sack of candy coins
Wrapped in gold…
Milk chocolate medallions
That melt on my tongue.
I won’t stash this sweet cash.
I’m putting this money
Where my mouth is!
Milk Chocolate
Milk chocolate coins wrapped in
foil are given to children as Hanukkah gelt and are also often stuffed into
children’s Christmas stockings. The giving of chocolate Hanukkah gelt is a
European tradition, which most likely dates back to the late 18th or
early 19th century. The giving of chocolate coins at Christmastime
is believed by some to commemorate Saint Nicholas who gave bags of gold coins
to the poor.
NOTE: It appears that my granddaughter Julia has inherited
her “Gammy’s” love of chocolate!
You’ll find the Poetry Friday Roundup at The Opposite of
Indifference.