The House of the Old Poet: And Other Poems and Pictures (1994-2004)

by Ted Thompson

Heavy Starlight
The golden, plastic shining star
That crowns our holly days tree
Has nothing to do with Egyptian glyph
Or Christian myth.
It's a symbol of the solstice to me.
The miracle for which we wait
On each year's longest night
Involves one of the great mysteries of life.
The heaviest thing in the universe
The sun's the one we celebrate
Because it's heavy
And because it's our only source of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595378870
• ISBN13: 9780595378876
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"