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A Christmas Poem
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A Christmas Poem

Advent Week 4: Love
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This poem for the fourth week of advent appears in my first collection of poetry, Pruning Burning Bushes, and has the very clear and direct title, “A Christmas Poem.” Hope you enjoy!

A Christmas Poem

I took the fruit
of some body,
mixed it with
the fruit of earth,
birthed harmony
in each small cookie—

Mary's sowing,
reaping, crushing,
sifting, the cow
with milk to give,
hen with eggs to
fold in. This season
announces the melding
of flesh with spirit.
Remember

our miracles blossom from trauma

and this baking is
beating ingredients,
separating
dough in heaping
spoonfuls, elements
indivisible—
egg and sugar,
wheat and water.

Bit in, lick
the crumb
from your upper
lip, partake in this
communion. Now
we are all here:
laborer, consumer,
life-giver, hovering
over the tray.

For the fourth week of advent, I reflected on the theme of love over at Root & Vine, and I thought I’d share that little devotional with you here too. You can listen along above or hop on over to Root & Vine to read “In the Word: Date Night during Advent.”

Have a Merry Christmas, friends!

person lining assorted-shaped cookies on baking sheet inside kitchen
Photo by Kari Shea on Unsplash

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