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Do you feel what I feel?

December 24, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 4 Comments

★
On
a
cold
winter’s 
night,I feel
the weary world
rejoicing.❅ O
night divine!
Christmas is here
bringing good cheer.
❅Sweet silver bells
ring high above
glistening treetops
and city sidewalks.
❅ The thrill of hope wrapped
in silver and gold. ❅ Born
on that silent night so
no more may die.✞  Merry
merry, merry, merry 
Christmas. ❅ Do you hear what
I hear? Do you see what I see?
Joy.



Merry Christmas!

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.




This poem is in the style of cento—work composed from lines or passages from other sources arranged in a new form or order, in this case Christmas carols. This is also an example of a concrete poem – the visual appearance matches the topic, in this case a Christmas tree…

To read another cento I wrote using lyrics from Pink Floyd, Elvis, Sinatra, Creedence Clearwater and others, click HERE. 

And HERE’s a concrete poem I wrote about Lake Norfork in the shape of a bikini:)

T.


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Comments

  1. Dorothy Johnson says

    December 24, 2013 at 7:51 am

    Very nice! Merry Christmas and Blessing in the new year!

    Reply
  2. Corinne Rodrigues says

    December 24, 2013 at 8:55 am

    What a lovely poem, Talya and so well presented too. Wishing you and your family all the joys of the season. Have a wonderful time!

    Reply
  3. Gary Henderson says

    December 26, 2013 at 6:44 am

    Nicely done. I think it’s your best cento and concrete poem, both. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Barbara Tate says

    December 25, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    How did I miss this last year? I loved it; it is so good.

    Reply

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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