The Holly Tree

      The holly tree
      as a figure
      not
      of dance (since
5     that is too gross--
      too many
      arms like tentacles
      hanging their appeals
      straight out)
10    instead as, each leaf
      green against the sharp frost
      equally
      an equation
      it is conceived perfectly
15    divisible
      by that love
      which makes the berries
      hard small
      and almost
20    exactly round
      grow red

 

From the collection "Youth Youth Youth"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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