Most Beautiful Christmas Poem

Quilt mine, like thorny bush, went on hurting me hard,
It said: within this night you should become a bard!

Shall I write: of child unknown, like blooms from buds, born?
Should I write he is, like the eternal seed, bourne...?

Shall I crown His majesty, in my rustic terms?
Each of my heart-beat ever his glory affirms...!

I tried to sleep on hard prickly straw just to know,
How this child felt; I could not, yet, quite undergo...! 

Cows I have many at home; goats and black sheep too,
I couldn’t, yet, smell my sheep; Where? When? Who is who...!

One who comes is blessed I know, a guileless child,
Aren't embers restless within, though outwardly mild...???


23 November 2022 
MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS POEM Poetry Contest
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Kauffman Avatar
November 27, 2022 at 1:51 PM
Chris, your poem stepped into the experience of the Christ Child in the manger, the cold, the prickly, the smell of the stable with the plan for our redemption burning like a new star. Wonderfully done, Chris. Best wishes for the contest. Sending you all the blessings of this holy season!
George Avatar
November 24, 2022 at 3:01 AM
"I tried to sleep on hard prickly straw just to know, How this child felt; I could not, yet, quite undergo...!" Reading this I too wonder how that tender baby must have felt inside the manger ! Chris, you have thoughts that hardly come to most of the people ! Well done dear friend. Please note that the title of the poem should be The Most Beautiful Christmas Poem !
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