Monday, 10 December 2012

Christmas Children

Joe recommended this because "It reminds me of the truth of Christmas"


Little children running
Each in a paradise
Within, as Eden was,
Where invisible shine
London's many-coloured fairy-lights
Of Christmas-trees from far
Forests of night
Sheltering home, father,mother
Puss,the koala-bears,
Tangerines, sugar-mice, a star.
Here and now boundless
Their merriment.

The dark hells walk past them unseen.


Kathleen Raine



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