Silent Night

Reading this was a powerful lesson for me in the evocative power of words. The title immediately evokes a certain expectation; that the poem is the complete opposite of that expectation causes a physical push-pull inside me. From a purely intellecual standpoint, I love the original take on the day. From a deeply imbedded emotional perspective, it's a read that lands on the psyche and causes me to say out loud, "Oof."