This is a post from last year: Classic Book (with a different photo this year).
WinterSong: Christmas Readings by Madeleine L’Engle and Luci Shaw is a beautiful book.
The hardcover edition was published in 1996 by Harold Shaw Publishers (Wheaton, Illinois). I also have the paperback version that was published by Regent College Publishing (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
WinterSong is a classic now, and I enjoy rereading some selections each year.
trees by the window
and then shapes
of a few leaves
times I read pages
and times to stay
with a few poems
Sunday September
morning – one butterfly
by the window
L ove
E ternal
A nd
F orever
LEAF
light falls
through yellow maple leaves
the mercy of God
“light falls” was my poem in Full of Moonlight: Haiku Society of America 2016 Members’ Anthology, edited by David Grayson.
Also published by Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: Aug. 21, 2019
Ellen Grace Olinger
This afternoon, I am reading Harvesting Fog Poems by Luci Shaw. Her book was published in 2010 by Pinyon Publishing in Montrose, Colorado.
I subscribe to Pinyon Review. Susan Entsminger is Editor.
Last week, I enjoyed creating two more boxes of book donations for Goodwill in Sheboygan, which included poetry journals and art magazines. Perhaps some may read poetry and discover poems that have meaning for them. Or learn more about history from a memoir. Discover a simple gift for someone.
As book stores closed in our area, I was happy to see good collections at thrift stores and other stores. Library sales. The books may travel to another state or country. Be read and shared again. Someone may decide to subscribe to a small press poetry journal. I know I cannot read or reread “everything.”
Next I plan to wash some old clothes, sometimes from thrift stores too, and donate them. Cotton that has been washed many times may become quilt pieces for someone.
You can tell that I am catching up with some simple tasks. One step at a time, and creative work too. Much is in the past now, and I am grateful every day, and look forward as well.
Take good care.
I began Large Print Poems in August 2020. Sometimes I reprint new poems from this site there. Three examples:
This morning, I went to the Oostburg Public Library. Grateful to be there again. I wore my face mask, and used the hand sanitizer they provide. I borrowed two books, and am reading a memoir this afternoon.
Then I thought of authors I know through blogs who wrote memoirs that I have read. Two examples:
Tuesday
house plant grew
during the Winter
green leaves begin
to cover a file drawer
Winter growth
I review books read
or some pages read
there are many
the last few years
green leaves grow
over a drawer
poetry archives
Tulip Tree by Mark Catesby is from Reusable Art: their 1700s Art Category.
