Christmas Eve

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

Christmas is just over the horizon and, of course, all shopping is done, baking finished … hopefully! But the celebration is coming, complete with solstice, new baby, angels and shepherds. What more can one ask?…

CHRISTMAS EVE   (Triolet)

joyous stars singing                                           
across the wheeling night
planets wildly flinging.
joyous stars singing
and angel voices ringing
filling earth with light.
joyous stars singing
across the wheeling night

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my scans - after 18 112 cover To Bethlehem: ‘This little book is delightful, full of … poems on this timeless subject. … the most fun is the little prose vignettes of the common people in the Christ-child story. The slave who looks after the wise men’s camels, or the overworked maid at the inn who has to fetch water for the birth, and many more. A lovely gift for the reader on your Christmas list!’ Rosalind Adams. Available from Amazon and Kindle.

About Joanna M. Weston

Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons, Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
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1 Response to Christmas Eve

  1. Francine says:
    December 19, 2018 at 8:59 am

    Missing is what we are grateful for, each other, friends and renewed hope.Enjoy!

    Reply

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