Holiday Stories and Poems

Silver Star of Bethlehem

Scientists talk CAN explain a miracle, sometimes.

The following poem is a Dodoitsu.

A Dodoitsu is formatted in the following manner:


Line 1: 7 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 7 syllables
Line 4: 5 syllables

Silver Star of Bethlehem

They argue over the star

Of Bethlehem from afar.

And today call it quasar. ¹

Or a “mega-star.” ²


But I think they miss the point.

That star does not disappoint.

A world twisted, in disjoint,

Was seamed by one point.


They argue over that star

But how mistaken they are

Not to recognize that star

As God’s own pulsar.³

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Footnotes: Please read.

¹ A quasar is a star-like object that has an extremely great red-shift

² A mega-star is a layman's term that refers to a super bright object, usually a red-giant star that is giving off so much energy that it is in danger of burning itself out.

³ A pulsar is a star-like object, a pulsating radio source emitter. I have used pulsar as a metaphor in reference to the fact that the star of Bethlehem led the wise man and all of the Christian world to a belief in Jesus. And it still does. Therefore, that star still pulsates the news of God's gift.

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