Last year I wrote a sort of poem for our Christmas card. The poem itself was not so great, but it was actually an experiment in mimesis (something I’m still planning on writing more about). Somehow, I ended up writing a poem again for this year’s Christmas card and, like last year, this year’s poem was a bit of an experiment. In this poem I’m trying to blend the influences of the Gospel of Luke, the Gospel of John, Caravaggio, and Hebrew poetry.
