A History of Light
In the beginning God created lightThe brightness that overtakes all darknessThe agent of sight, a force of mightWith the words “let there be’In the Universe began a beautiful symphonySun, moon, and stars a part all…
Category: Original Poetry
A Snow Globe and a Discarded Child
A dreaming child peers into a little glass dome Where snow falls upon a tiny world: A mountain, a forest, a tunnel, a village, a train A kingdom where there is safety and love …
Twelve Days of Yuletide
On the first day of Yuletide, my uncle gave to me an evil golden Ring.On the second day of Yuletide, my uncle gave to me two glowing eyes and an evil golden Ring. On the third day of…
You Were in Bethlehem – Don’t You Remember?
When you were a little child you knelt before The Infant Jesus there in Bethlehem Among the animals you placed your toys: Barbie and Buzz, and Woody the Cowboy too Even the Wise Men…
For the King on His Birthday
DarknessAll of the world is in darknessThey suffer in all their afflictionsSo drowned out by all their addictionsThey fall into sin and are lost onesWho once were called to be God's sonsThey've given up longing…
Christmas Tears
Christmas is a time of tears, A joyful melancholy, A dazzling of midnight dawn A glint of darkest glory. The ribbons are of crimson hue, And tinsel, silver-strung Wrapped round the stumbling Christ, With poinsettias…
The Hidden Life
A guiding star for travelers, was herald of his birth the shepherds quaked within their fields to hear the angels’ mirth, yet all of them in time did find a hidden family, and in the…
The Ancient Yule of the Forest
Morning twilight touched the beauty of the forest As the cardinal flew open with song The silence of mother nature began to awake The needles of the trembling pines falling on the fresh, crisp snow…
Oh Yuletide Log
Oh Yuletide log, oh Yuletide log, oh how brightly you are burning. Your flames jump high into the night, Providing us with warmth and light. Oh Yuletide log, oh Yuletide log, oh how brightly you…
Everyone Writes a Poem about the Winter Solstice
The moon is falling away from the full The axis of the earth will briefly pause Planets and stars align as the Maker wills And we wonder if we can sense our world Our…