December's here, with Christmas cheer,
And it's now time to celebrate
With family and closest friends.
Unwrapping toys that Santa sends,
The children all anticipate
Receiving gifts this time of year.
It's also time meant to revere
The Christ-child born upon this date,
Who died to make our sin amends.
An act of love whose gift transcends
All other gifts you contemplate.
His sacrifice was most sincere.
Enjoy the season's festive trim.
Then go to church. Remember Him.
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Author Notes
This picture is of the Christmas tree in the living room of my sister Marilee's house. The item in the foreground is a sculpture centerpiece on the glass table in her dining room.
This poem is a Trilonnet Sonnet.
The Trilonnet, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a 14-line poem made up of four each three-line verses of 8 syllables (iambic tetrameter) and one rhyming couplet or four each three-lined verses of 10 syllables (iambic pentameter) and one rhyming couplet.
Each 3 line verse is an unrhymed triplet. Each triplet has a rhyme scheme of abc. It is a sonnet in that it made up of 14 lines, although the volta may occur on a line other than line 9. There are 2 possible rhyme schemes for this form:
abc abc abc abc dd (here the rhyme is repeats).
or,
abc cba abc cba dd (here the rhyme rolls, or undulates)
This form is written in either iambic tetrameter or iambic pentameter.
The author took this photograph himself in December 2013.
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