Poems for Advent 16
Tiny Wings An argument of sparrows in the roof roosting beneath the thin brief shelter from freezing stars, adds to an orchestra's hum of...
Poems for Advent 15
Christmas Eve Promises . . . that I will keep my bedroom clean that I will make my bed and never leave my dirty clothes from front door...
Poems for Advent 14
Melaleuca Morning Come see the light break come watch the sun Here on this new day Christmas begun Start from the dark branch crown of a...
Poems for Advent 13
Christmas Street Party Who owns this place tonight? that which will change hands many times before midnight - while synthesized carols...
Poems for Advent 12
The Shepherd Boy St. Luke 2: 8-20 i. 'All of this happened a long time ago . . .' was how I started when the doctor found me here still...
Poems for Advent 11
Return of the Magi 'And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their country another...
Poems for Advent 10
Carol Singers They stand in a rough circle beneath the unpruned pencil pines and sing her down seventy years of Christmas eves. Wind...
Poems for Advent 9
Nativity i. Night after night she loved his old strong body workman's hands wine blunted breath she loved his love for her and often...
Poems for Advent 8
for my parents - Jim and Pauline Where Christmas was Kept In a cupboard beneath the steps at one end of the dark hallway my parents would...
Poems for Advent 7
for my daughter Jessica Christmas Concert for Martin Burne's Year 3 class circa 1989 At 7 o'clock tonight beneath a dusty cross of...