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Poetry

Nativity

by Kenneth Steven in the December 1, 2021 issue
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When the miracle happened it was not
with bright light or fire—
but a farm door with the thick smell of sheep
and a wind tugging at the shutters.

There was no sign the world had changed for ever
or that God had taken place;
just a child crying softly in a corner,
and the door open, for those who came to find.

This poem appears in the December 1, 2021 issue.

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