Thursday, February 19, 2009

What Rhymes with "Angel"?

Wow, I think every remotely Christmasy word has already been rhymed (and rhymed and rhymed) with every other Christmasy word. For example, if you use the word "child" in a Christmas context, one immediately thinks of "mild." Same with "holy" and "lowly," and so on. It's all been done before. Well, there's comfort in the fact that that concept in and of itself is a biblical one: "There's nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9). The poem is taking some shape, but I don't claim to be a poet--at least not a good one. It has been a challenge though, and far different from what I'm used to.

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