Emily Dickinson at Christmastime Options

[RC James]

Greetings arrive on gossamer wings
the bright length of the day at hand
breath -- a birth -- joy within us sings
round a parlor tree -- the piano grand.

Oh how I wish -- and wish on it again
the lord himself on this his natal day --
ah so many lonely centuries it’s been --
would return in the jolly man’s sleigh.

[RC James]

Daniel - I placed it here because I paid no attention to meter as I was writing it, and assumed it was all off metrically, and attempted (that's the correct term, since you caught me up on it) to place it as free form rhyme. That's a hilarious little family anecdote. My grandfather used that term "you'll get the dickens" often. I wonder if it has anything to do with Charles D.?
Anyway, glad you approved of my Emily channeling. Regards, R