The holly tree bears berries
As red as any blood
Adding colour
To dark days of Yule
Nature’s jagged crown of thorns
Silhouetted against the low winter sun
Pagan protection
From lightning and witches
Delineation
For farmers’ ditches
Burns with passion
And fertility
Nature’s glossy Christmas tree
© Kim M. Russell, 2015
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