Heard on high
Christmas day white with angels of ice
how far from our public joy last night’s book
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 25 December 1662.
Dave Bonta
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Christmas day white with angels of ice
how far from our public joy last night’s book
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 25 December 1662.
The poem is a tiny scene with a sharp turn in the middle. On Christmas day, the world outside looks white, and the speaker calls it "white with angels of ice." The image could mean frost patterns, ice-covered branches, or snow glinting in the light.
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