Tag: Chapbooks

Short Poems: Christmas, Winter, New Year

This is a selection of poems from Quiet Christmas Poetry, which is both a site and a large print chapbook. A few of the poems were previously published, as noted here and in the book.

sudden cold —
Christmas cactus
already blooming

Time Of Singing
December, 1997

holiness
and humility
Christmas

cold country night
two deer in the front yard
graze in starlight

lighting the
Christmas candle
tiny flame
transforms
the night

Hermitage (2005)
The Writers’ Bistro (2007)

third year since
Jesus called Mom home
Christmas bouquet
of baby’s breath
and evergreens

Time Of Singing
Winter 2006/2007

snowflakes
floating in the air
separate
together
artists
across places
and time

He giveth snow

like wool:

he scattereth the hoarfrost

like ashes.

Psalm 147: 16 (KJV)

new year
on the horizon
simple lines
of barns and trees
in the fog

placing the new calendar
on the wall
all the new spaces
without words
God’s time

The book is 32 pages. The last two pages are NOTES – pages for the readers. Someone may wish to write a poem or reflection. Perhaps someone in a nursing home may think, “I can write too.”

The book was printed by GT Graphics in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Our book can be ordered from the books page at Time Of Singing, A Journal Of Christian Poetry.  All proceeds benefit this print poetry journal, edited by Lora Homan Zill.

Quiet Christmas Poetry

The Story of Quiet Christmas Poetry

Yesterday, I mentioned that Karl’s winter photo of the Lake Michigan beach became the cover of Quiet Christmas Poetry.   We created the book from my Christmas site.

If you wish to purchase a copy, please visit the Time Of Singing books page.  Lora Homan Zill, Editor, takes good care of the orders.

All of the poems and more information are available at Quiet Christmas Poetry.

All proceeds benefit Time Of Singing: A Journal of Christian Poetry.

The actual size of the book is 5 and 1/2 by 8 and 1/2 inches.
32 pages.
ISBN  978-0-9729848-5-0
Elin Grace Publishing