Epiphaneity
Epiphany
Twelfth Night
Also
Orthodox Christmas
Yet in the west
We have the
Magi
Visiting
The child
With the mother
And adoptive father
And since
Liturgy
Respects only its
Chronology
We might mainly note
Today
The baptism
By
The cousin John
Of the child now grown
Now
Authorized by the
Spirit
As a dove
Then the child
Grown
Journeys into
Wilderness
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Le Jourdain au site du Baptême, en Jordanie.
By Jean Housen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11820699
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Will What You Will
(2022)
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It is the last day
Of the Christmas season
Marred last year
By crimes
Twelve drummers drumming
In a drumhead court
For some
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The rest of us take down
Our trees and lights
Burn the skeletons of trees
In the town square
At least that happened
In my town
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We sang the last of carols
For a while
The nation need remember
That some gatherings are good
Some spectacles
Modest with intent
And execution
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Grant us wisdom, Lord,
The meaning of the season
As is said
Not so much sectarian
As loving in and from
The hearts and minds
We have
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