Roadside Creche Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHFIJFKLGM| Traditionally Gaspar Melchoir and Balthasar | A |
| show up with their exotic gifts though the Bible | B |
| does not name them and some scholars believe | C |
| the Chinese sage Liu Shang might have attended | D |
| with a gift of silk rather than myrrh Or even | E |
| better fireworks The Christ child's missing | F |
| fingers suggest he already has some experience | G |
| with cherry bombs or Red Devil Ground Blasters | G |
| In this cr che though the magi have yet to arrive | H |
| There are no camels just a plaster zebra peering | F |
| over Mary's shoulder Joseph must have stepped | I |
| out for milk or cigarettes The weight of adoration | J |
| has fallen onto the shoulders of a single scowling | F |
| shepherd with binoculars slung around his neck | K |
| He is still keeping watch over his flock despite | L |
| that mischievous star that lured him from his | G |
| tranquil hillside and utterly bewildered dog | M |
Ronald Koertge
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