A Poem on Christmas Day
Ted J Mallory 1970 (Phoenix, AZ)
Christmas Day the sky is white with fog
Christmas Eve layered snow
upon every hill and slope
and every bough
of every tree
tangled branches
of each bare ash and elm
and on every limb
on every juniper and fir and spruce
but instead of basking in
the tranquil scene
steeped in peace and hope and joy
I’m disappointed
that there’s no cardinal
hiding here within
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Submitted by ted_m on April 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 66 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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