miniWORDS 2008

Winner
2nd Place
3rd Place
Highly Commended
Highly Commended
Commended
Commended

Ama Bolton
Somerset
UK

Ceremony

On the shortest day we brought the wildwood in,
festooned the frowning ancestors with ivy;
the mirror, the hall clock, the rows of books
with springy armfuls of ferocious holly.
We bound a knot of bay and rosemary
and yew and waxy moons of mistletoe
glowing between green sickle-blades. Lastly
we nailed a cypress-bough behind the door.
Through the dead centre of the longest night
the wildwood watched. We danced. The light returned.

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