A Season’s Greeting to one & all from The Parrish Lantern

 

This is The Parrish Lantern’s third Christmas and, like the previous two, I still look around, check over my shoulder and think well I’m still here. Nobody’s called me out and declared what a fraud I must be, so……………. a big thanks to those that have followed since those Jurassic times and another to those who have come on board since – Thanks for contributing via comments, suggestions etc., thanks for visiting and a big thanks for being  polite enough not  to mention my failings.  All that’s left for me to do is to offer you the best of this season’s greetings and may the coming year meet all of with your wishes.

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Little Tree - E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)

Little tree

little silent Christmas tree

you are so little

you are more like a flower

who found you in the green forest

and were you very sorry to come away?

see i will comfort you

because you smell so sweetly

i will kiss your cool bark

and hug you safe and tight

just as your mother would,

only don't be afraid

look the spangles

that sleep all the year in a dark box

dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,

the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,

put up your little arms

and I'll give them all to you to hold

every finger shall have its ring

and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy

then when you're quite dressed

you'll stand in the window for everyone to see

and how they'll stare!

oh but you'll be very proud

and my little sister and i will take hands

and looking up at our beautiful tree 

we'll dance and sing

"Noel Noel"

Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry.

This seasons joy to one and all from The Parrish Lantern.