We began Quiet Christmas Poetry in November 2013. The poems became a large print chapbook. This post reprints a few poems.

sudden cold —
Christmas cactus
already blooming

Time Of Singing
December, 1997

S  ilence
E  nlivens
A  nd
S  olitude
O  pens
N  ew thoughts

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven . . .
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (KJV)

Northern sun
shines on frozen beach
still the days grow shorter
shadow of poinsettia
on the wall

Poems by Ellen and Cover Art Photo by Karl
Elin Grace Publishing 2014
Oostburg, Wisconsin