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    Calendar

    By Violet Nesdoly

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    Start January with resolutions, end December with candy. Over fifty poems explore the rhythms of the year and of life in nature, the garden, and the family. "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven" said the writer of Ecclesiastes. Calendar contains poems about those times—the new life of spring, the peace of fall; the drudgery of housework, the release of vacation; memories of youth and reflections on aging. Styles include haiku, villanelle, pantoum, light and free verse.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherViolet Nesdoly
    Release dateJun 23, 2014
    ISBN9781310648571
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    Violet Nesdoly

    Violet Nesdoly is a freelance writer who has published articles, fiction, devotions, reviews, and poetry in print and online.- Her novel Destiny’s Hands, a biblical fiction about the exodus, was a finalist in the 2013 Word Awards Historical Fiction category.- Her poetry has won or placed in contests sponsored by Time of Singing, Canadian Stories, Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest, Utmost Christian Writers and more. Her poems have been published in various print and online publications including Your Daily Poem, Time of Singing, and Prairie Messenger.

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      Calendar - Violet Nesdoly

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      Violet Nesdoly

      Published by SparrowSong Press

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Violet Nesdoly

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      FIRST QUARTER

      January February

      Langley Woods

      Calendar

      El-Nino Spring

      Neighbor's Front Yard

      Spring Haiku

      Vernal Revue

      Spring Isn't

      Limerick to the Taxman

      Building Engineer

      Party Time

      Love's Scratch 'n' Sniff

      In His Shop

      She Gives Herself Away

      On Crescent Beach

      SECOND QUARTER

      Build Yourself Up

      University Days

      I take my walk just in time

      O Mocking Bassinet

      Benjamin

      I Don't Want to Pray

      Complaint

      Too Busy

      Monday Morning Prayer

      The Martha in Me

      Duty

      The Plowman

      An Apology to Timid Plants

      Somewhere

      Ocean Neighborhood

      Love of Fare

      Mrs. Beasley Packed Her Purse

      While I Am Away

      Writing

      THIRD QUARTER

      Seasonal Junction

      Baby Shower

      Ben at Sixteen

      Stare Into the Dark

      Master Gardener's Touch

      Scrabbled Day

      Transcriptionist's Tattoo

      Dehydrated

      PMS

      Circle Game

      Indian Summer Sun

      FOURTH QUARTER

      October Fashion

      Shutting Down

      The Day Daddy Died

      To Mother

      Some Words

      Word Wash

      this is a poem

      How the Natal Star Was Born

      Menno Home Christmas

      A Candy Year

      Acknowledgments

      A Note From the Author

      FIRST QUARTER

      January, February ...

      It’s January, all must change

      my resolutions cry it!

      I’ll clean the cupboards, shine the glass

      completely change my diet.

      The constant list of things I need

      has changed from Christmas treats

      to organizers,

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