Seasons and Special Days

  • A New Take on Christmas Classics

    Christmas carols and songs provide a means to celebrate and yet also to find strength when times are tough. They also ground us and inspire hope that today and tomorrow will bring joy, peace and love to our lives and to the world. May it be so. I wrote these two poems today (December 12,…

  • Festive Hockey

    In the spirit of Christmas, and keeping in mind how significant the game of hockey is to the Canadian culture, this poem brings them both together. Written in December 2025, this poem celebrates joy and fun, and hopefully inspires goodwill amongst all. It’s Christmas season and there’s a hockey gameEven with this holiday season, the…

  • Short Straw

    I wrote this today (November 30th) as I was thinking about how so many people struggle with Christmas and striving to realise the ideal of Christmas when faced with all of daily reality. In our celebration of what Christmas has become, we may actually lose sight of how it really is supposed to be about…

  • Kindly the Elf

    Written in November 2025, this poem speaks to both the Christmas season and to the theme of ‘kindness’. Kindness always seems in short supply when one considers how people can be and how they present themselves both in person and on social media. And in a world in serious need for kindness as a daily…

  • Do you remember?

    In November of every year, we are reminded to ‘remember’ and Remembrance Day itself is ‘lest we forget’. This is a poem of remembrance with much gratitude. I wrote this in November 2025. Do you remember the sacrifices made by those who went to a war?Do you remember all the men and women who gave…

  • Christmas Party

    Hey there! Merry Christmas! I started this poem before Christmas 2024 but only finished it in January 2025. Intended to capture and celebrate the festive spirit of Christmas and the holiday season. The mood is festive with the house all setMom and Dad are ready and make a fine duetDressed in their uglies and wearing…