Living
This Section is a Christmas Tree
From The Congo and Other Poems (1914)
Living
This section is a Christmas tree:
Loaded with pretty toys for you.
Behold the blocks, the Noah's arks,
The popguns painted red and blue.
No solemn pine-cone forest-fruit,
But silver horns and candy sacks
And many little tinsel hearts
And cherubs pink, and jumping-jacks.
For every child a gift, I hope.
The doll upon the topmost bough
Is mine. But all the rest are yours.
And I will light the candles now.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lindsay, Vachel. “This Section is a Christmas Tree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/86/.
Chicago
Lindsay, Vachel. “This Section is a Christmas Tree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/86/.
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