An Apple-Tree Carol

An Apple-Tree Carol

Marly Youmans

Who knew that all eternity  
      Swung by a thread         
   Like a glistening bauble       
      Lifted on high,

That riddling taciturnity
      Of heaven-spread
   Lights was not a hobble
      And cloudy why,

That a deep-rooted apple tree
      Could toss a head
   Mobbed with stars, and nobble
      The birds and sky,

Its mobile, magic mystery 
 —Unread, unsaid—
   Like the firefly bauble
      In ceaseless supply.

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Marly Youmans
Poet & Novelist

The most recent book of poetry by Marly Youmans is The Book of the Red King (Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2019.) Her brand new novel is Charis in the World of Wonders (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2020.) Find her on Twitter, Facebook, or www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.com.

Photography by Ashley McKinney