X10 for 12/19/17, Wise Men - A Tetrameter Sonnet Options

[Larry]

Wise Men

They tapped the trees to harvest myrrh
and simmered berries for the seed
to render frankincense. They were
to travel far and with great speed;

so wrapped in woolen robes they went
to bow before a new-born King.
They followed stellar ornament
with rarest gifts which they might bring

to One; the Child, prophets foretold.
No emerald studded crowns were worn
to show the status each now holds.
No scent of cinnamon was bourn

upon the winds where angels flew
and sang that prophecies were true.




words used: tap(ped), simmer, berr(ies), wrap(ped), bow, ornament, emerald, scent, cinnamon, sang