My poem “And This Will Be a Sign” has been published by the Christian Science Monitor. You can read it here.
If you could have just one Christmas decoration, what would you choose? (Photo by Kory Wells)
I wrote the poem last Christmas season after spending some time in the picturesque town of Bell Buckle, Tennessee – a place where, for me at least, even the Christmas rush is at a more relaxed pace. (Although, if you visit Bell Buckle on one of their big festival weekends, such as the RC and Moon Pie Festival in June or the Webb School Art and Craft Fair in October, you’ll find it as crowded as a shopping mall on Black Friday. Way more charming, but just as crowded.)
For my fellow students of poetry, this poem is a blank verse sonnet.
Wishing you simply enough this season.
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Christmas viewing: A Christmas Memory, based on the short story by Truman Capote
Christmas reading: Plastic Santa and Other Stories by Mary Hodges
What are your favorite Christmas-themed poems, stories or books?
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