And, we're off with Deck the Halls, 2010!
As your host for this event, I now declare this event open and encourage one and all to read, enjoy ... and if the spirit moves you, add a comment or two.
Welcome again to Catharine! And I urge everyone to make her feel welcome! She will be stopping by soon with her comments.
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This is free verse that can’t be accused of being chopped prose. The lines develop deliberately, perhaps due the preponderance of end-stopped lines. Each line contains about 3 or 4 stresses, looking at them from the accentual verse perspective. The contents show a writer comfortable with music and able to provide a technical analysis (dénouement?) in comprehensible every-day language through comparison with the birdsong (and I recommend the author make this one word in L4 – the standard spelling in the major dictionaries).
This is an accomplished, delightful poem that rewards reading and re-reading.
Cheers,
…Alex