Okay, I lied. It's not really a Christmas poem. But it does have antlers in it, and it is about family, and how one young boy living in the countryside in east Germany before The Wall fell saw his own. Ron Winkler, now 40, is a poet with several fine books in his wake. Hear him read the poem on the excellent poetry site, Lyrikline, and you'll want to buy the book. Well, especially when Jake Schneider's translation of it comes out in English! Maybe by Christmas...
