His Christmas Tale
written by: Christina Ciufo
@ChristinaCiufo
His Christmas tale, a composition,
is spoken in different voices
and acted upon the stage
and television screens.
Black inked words, reverent
and alluring, like a hymn written
by a monk, caresses and bleeds
through each white page.
Scarlet cover with gold word
and Holly Print as intrigued
as a wreath’s ribbon,
becomes old and faded.
When read, the words
become intertwined with
a disembodied voice,
conjuring characters and
a period long gone from its pages, like specters.
Your Christmas tale Dickens remains since December.
Christina Ciufo is a passionate writer in poetry, short stories, flash fictions, fables, and completing her first novel. At a very young age, she always had a passion for writing stories and poems, specifically in fairytales, folklore, supernatural, and horror. After graduating Sacred Heart University with a BA in English, she continued to expand her writing abilities at Manhattanville College’s MFA Creative Writing Program and by May 2017, graduated with an MFA degree in Creative Writing. She completed Sacred Heart University's Education Program in December 2018 with a MAT in Teaching in both elementary and secondary. She has numerously appeared in literary magazines including Spillwords, Ovunque Siamo, Nymphs, Truly Review, Mookychick, Moonchild Magazine, Crêpe & Penn, Cauldron Anthology, dream walking, Selcouth Station Magazine,The Wild Literary Magazine, Speculate This Magazine, Poetically Magazine, Analogies & Allegories Literary Magazine, The Clay Literary Magazine, Re-Side, Dwelling Literary Magazine, and Coven Magazine.
Latest posts by Christina Ciufo (see all)
- Plague Doctor’s Ghost - October 21, 2024
- His Christmas Tale - December 26, 2023
- Mistletoe Bride - December 1, 2023
