An offering for Christmas Eve 2020.


Simple song in four parts

The angel's tale

I serve Heaven,
I serve Earth,
God is leaven
With Christ's birth.


The shepherd's tale

I serve sheep,
I serve Man,
Christ is asleep
In Bethlehem.


The king's tale

I serve myself,
I serve the Other,
Offer my wealth
To Christ my brother.


The sheep's tale

I serve Heaven,
I serve Earth,
All my brethren
Know Christ's worth.








Poetry by Christopher Fernie The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2020-12-23 at 22:12

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josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Magnificently simple, elegantly structured and beautifully themed
BRAVO and Merry Christ’s Mass!
2020-12-24



Oops! Sorry for the double comment, but I flubbed the title of the poem I was recommending: it is "Christus Natus Est."
2020-12-24



Nicely, indeed beautifully, done.

Chris, do you know Countee Cullen's poem "Puer Natus Est"? I recommend. (Your poem, while being wholly and gloriously your own, has some kinship with Cullen's.)
2020-12-24