Ok, it's Christmas poems from here on in everyone!
To start with, EE Cumming's take on the Christmas tree. Time to take the 'spangles' out, that 'sleep all the year in a dark box dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine '- who doesn't dream of this?? (This poem is not just about a Christmas tree you know!)
I especially love the line: 'and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy.' Yes.
little tree - ee cummings
little tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don't be afraid
look the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms
and i'll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy
then when you're quite dressed
you'll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they'll stare!
oh but you'll be very proud
and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we'll dance and sing
"Noel Noel"
Hi Siobhan,
ReplyDeleteI just got lost in the snowy winter poems in your blog.How wonderful they are!
Mary
Thanks Mary, glad you enjoyed them! They are indeed wonderful - perfect reading for a cold night by a roaring fire! :)
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