When Santa’s sleigh took to the sky,
He saw a wonder by him fly:
A Chinese Fairy dance on clouds
And point to where there gathered crowds;
A theater’s lights shone dazzling bright
And beckoned him to veer his flight
To see the face of those who’d seen
The Shen Yun show’s amazing scenes.
And then he thought, “Now here’s a gift,
That warms the soul and hearts uplifts,
Art intricate as Fabergé,
As charming as the Queen’s soiree,
That’s truly classic and yet new…
This season I know what to do!”
… And my version is when many of Santa’s gift recipients went to the show, they found
The colours chosen pull on threads of light,
Their hues form swollen joys of bursting stars.
They scatter purity of gods in flight
That we had known before these seats were ours.
Each fabric, sewn, bestows a cosmic touch;
Each gown, grown certain heaven’s garden’s come,
With burg’ning, handmade blooms too sheer to clutch,
Compels, beyond the arched proscenium,
Its essence, filling cells and molecules
With transference to realms few humans see,
Immersing us in iridescent pools
Where radiance and knowledge disperse free
With all our beings held in harmony
With all the diff’rence of divinity.
[ burgeoning and difference are truncated for better sound/scansion ]
http://www.shenyun.com/videos/latest-videos/play/oij_JCQ4IVU
Family entertainment of the highest order.
5 companies, 20 countries, 150 cities, 500 performances
Some nice marketing, Evan – has a ring and a jingle to it!
Beautiful sonnet to brighten the holiday season. Iambic tetrameter rhyme scheme has a soft tone and a good flow. TFS, Evan Mantyk .
Well done! You’ve absolutely caught the spirit!
A bit of light verse for the holidays. Thank you all!
I’ll be at The Living Arts Center in Mississauga, Ontario for the presentation of the Shen Yun Group on January 23, 2018.
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Excellent, Evan!
I loved the flow and can almost see the children’s faces when this sonnet is read aloud to them during the holiday season. 🙂