Christmas poetry collections are a rare breed, though a few do exist. But many classic poems no longer have copyrights and are easy to share without purchase. I could recommend many to a readership that is already word-wealthy, because we recognize that our mutual delight grows when we read together. The grouping I include here […]
How the Moon Found Her Light
The Moon was a dull, dirty lump of rock, floating listlessly through the cold dark expanse of space. She longed for beauty, and for purpose, but as time marched on she often feared that she would never be anything more than a useless bit of stone. The Moon saw the Stars in the sky, countless […]
The Path Where No One Goes
There’s a path outside my window, all covered with fallen leavesAnd I’ve never had the courage to discover where it leads.Many people live around me, they forever come and go,But I’ve never seen a single one walk that particular road. Perhaps there is a loathsome monster lurking around the curve,Or maybe a pernicious dragon I’m […]
Mr. Harding’s Hopefuls
Once, there was a man, named Mr. Harding, who made a business of working with light. He placed electric twinkling bulbs in old raspberry jam jars with tiny brass cranks and sold them to his customers – the township’s children. Every morning, Mr. Harding drove his cart to the corner of Second and Main, where […]
Shadow Play
When twilight to the window creeps And starlight, here and there, Is seen against the night-time’s dark That spreads now up the stair; ‘Tis at that time when children rest All snuggled in their beds That shadows come to dance among The stars and maple-heads. In day’s cold light the shadows hide About the […]
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