Poems for Christmas and the Four Seasons
by Alan Harris
56 Poems ~ 76 pages
Price: $9.99
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9798276855578
To Order: Amazon.com
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In this delightful seasonal collection, fortunate readers can enjoy a curated mix of seasonal poetry. Alan Harris’s Poems for Christmas: And the Four Seasons celebrates both classic and contemporary Christmas themes, as well as poems which honor each seasonal category. This must have collection features something for everyone.
ADVANCE PRAISE:
Among the advantages of living in Central Illinois is experiencing four distinct seasonal changes. From my youth the seasonal transitions have delighted me with separate versions of beauty. Just as each season refreshes my spirit, so it is with Poems for Christmas: And the Four Seasons. I feel the cool breeze of change nurtured by a gifted poet who remains at the apex of his creative life.
–Michael Escoubas, author, Ripples Into the Light.
Unlike my colleague, Michael, a life-long resident of the Midwest, Southern California and Italy (warm climes, for sure) have served as the heartbeat of my life. With that said, I delight in poetry that exhibits variety in time and place. The best in poetry speaks to my heart, no matter the season. And that is why Poems for Christmas: And the Four Seasons, is a book I gladly endorse and will gift to others as the holiday seasons nears.
–Sharmagne Leland-St. John, author, Images: A Collection of Ekphrastic Poetry
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alan Harris was raised in an Illinois farming family and has had careers in high school English teaching, piano tuning, computer programming, systems analysis, and Web design, all in Chicago and suburbs. In retirement he and his wife Linda have resided in Tucson, Arizona since 2003.
Since college years in the 1960s he has been writing poems, essays, and short stories, all offered in his website “An Everywhere Oasis” at alharris.com, including 28 free printable PDF poetry books and a gallery of his photographic essays.
As a member and webmaster of the Illinois State Poetry Society he Web-published over 3,600 poems written by ISPS members from 2000 to 2024. His lifetime collection of 315 poems and 400 aphorisms, Noon Out of Nowhere: Complete Poems and Aphorisms, has recently been published and is available on Amazon.com.
FROM THE BOOK:
Every Christmas
by Alan Harris
Every Christmas never dawned but
as pulses beating in a caring heart.
Every star was never less than holy
leading the wise to kings newborn.
Every mother always gave to earth
a child who never declined her love.
Every child was nearer than breath
before its birth made glad all stars.
Every angel never less than gave a
blessing to all babies new on earth.
Every true gift was never not given
from open hands into grateful need.
Every region’s calm is now unsilent
as it rings with Season’s songs of joy.
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