The Quiet Christmas Poetry site is a free version of our large print chapbook. We donated copies to libraries and other places. Karl’s classic Lake Michigan photo is the Cover Art.
holiness and humility Christmas
cold country night two deer in the front yard graze in starlight
Christmas night sky becomes sunrise tree branches covered with ice glisten in the sun
new year on the horizon simple lines of barns and trees in the fog
Thank you to GT Graphics in Sheboygan, Wisconsin for a beautiful second printing of our large print chapbook. Karl and I created this book from the posts at my site, Quiet Christmas Poetry.
December 2017
different voices create new songs harmony
December 2018
New Year’s Eve morning gardens are happy to be covered with snow
December 2019
cold – yet from this ground daffodils will grow again
December 2020
older vision grateful for my chair by a sunny window
September on the horizon all the goals I can still try to reach
This is an older poem, and my thoughts today reflect changes and years.
Good to have goals, and good to be flexible and able to revise. For example, I have made good progress on a draft for a new book. One post at a time, work grows. Then the new work is to make selections. Let things rest, and return with a renewed perspective. And I still like Quiet Christmas Poetry (2014, Elin Grace Publishing; second printing 2017). So perhaps the new book in 2022. Every person’s journey is unique. Take good care.
I watch the news, and think of my parents, and the history they lived through. My father taught history, and my mother taught English composition and literature. Both volunteered after they retired. I am constantly learning more about history, as more stories are told and heard. Books written. Through literature, we can also understand more. There are novels and books of poetry on my shelves written from places I am not likely to visit.
My parents had “big picture faith” and majored in unconditional love. I was 29 years old when my father died, and 50 when my mother died. My brother’s passing was last year. We shall meet again.
And I am grateful for our blogs. I have learned of art online and books by contemporary authors and artists. This is a good way to grow.