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Nativity in Black and White.(Poem)

Christianity and Literature

| March 22, 2009 | Applegarth, Ann | COPYRIGHT 2009 Conference on Christianity and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
Nativity in Black and White 
 
   At St. Xenia's 
   Wildwood skete 
   six black-garbed nuns-- 
   black boots, black gloves-- 
   wend their way to 
   prayers at dusk, 
   in sinuous single file, downhill, 
   through trenches shoveled 
   in knee-deep snow. 
   From giant pine trees ...

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