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Poems by others, Public Domain, Religious

The Gate of the Year

Violet Nesdoly

Seventy-five years ago, in December of 1939, Britain was at war. It's easy to forget, knowing what we do today, that at the time no one knew how that war would end. That year in his Christmas message King George VI ended his 9-minute broadcast with the lines of an obscure poem by a little-known… Continue reading The Gate of the Year

Writing Prompts

October prompt: thanksgiving

Violet Nesdoly

It's October and in Canada the month in which we celebrate Thanksgiving (second Monday), that "annual national holiday marked by religious observances and a traditional meal" - Oxford Dictionary.  (I'm already making a menu in my head!) Thanksgiving seems like an obvious thing to write about in October because of the holiday and other reasons.… Continue reading October prompt: thanksgiving

writing

Back

Violet Nesdoly

Back “Writing a poem…is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind.” Mary Oliver Poetry, I’m back and sorry I missed our rendezvous all these May mornings forsook you for Twitter Facebook, email, hotmail Are you… Continue reading Back