Poem of the week: Whilst the Ox and Ass by Paul Muldoon

Poem of the week: Whilst the Ox and Ass by Paul Muldoon

The biblical story of two animals granted the power of speech for their reverence to the holy child becomes an angry reflection on those denied that power

Whilst the Ox and Ass

Whilst the ox and ass are granted the gift of speech,
having knelt in adoration of a child,
it would represent a breach
of decorum were we to listen in. For all those exiled

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