Poems
December 21, 1974
AT CHRISTMAS TIME
Margery Macdonald Cantlon
Maybe oxen breathed warmlynearby, watching,hearing the new cryas Mary tendedher firstborn son,as Joseph protectedthe infant one.
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November 30, 1974
UNCALENDARED
Peter J. Henniker-Heaton
Man has no hour of birth, no natal momentwhen stars inclementcan fasten upon him some dark implacable fate.
November 23, 1974
THE FAMILY OF MAN
Esther M. Scheck Peterson
The infinitevarietyof His divinefamily—everywhere—up and down,near and farand all around,each uniqueas a star—precious jewels!
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November 16, 1974
FLIGHT PLAN
Maxine Le Pelley
Rated pilot learns to flyThrough viewless, scudded skyBy trusting instruments,Not eye.
November 9, 1974
PRAYER FOR OUR CHILD
Isobel Anne Anable
Creative Spirit,ageless, new,I pray to seeour child in Your likeness, not ours,forever known and loved by You.
November 2, 1974
TIMELESS GROWING
James Floyd Huston
It wasn't time that let usleave behind the little deathsthat hauntedand then were goneor carried on in other formsand tauntedtill their tauntings held no meaning.
October 19, 1974
Sentinels
Hazel Harper Brandner
A soldier makes his own reportAnd calls each hour that all is well,When he patrols a camp or fort.