Emily’S Musings: Songs of Faith, Joy and Love

By Emily L. Messenger

Are you a lover of nature? Do you ever wonder what it was like in the good old days? Perhaps you enjoy hearing about families and/or just having fun. These topics are creatively addressed in this book. Emily also speaks of how she first discovered God in her life and in the world around her. All of this and more can be found in this thought provoking and amusing collection of poems titled Emilys Musings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973636441

Emily L. Messenger

Emily L. Messenger was born September 7, 1931 at the beginning of the Great Depression. She was raised on a dairy farm in eastern Connecticut and attended local schools graduating as valedictorian from Plainfield High School. She earned her BA in education from UConn. After her marriage, she moved to the rural town of Granby. There she raised three daughters and had a successful career as an elementary teacher. While teaching 3rd grade she served on a town-wide science curriculum committee. She also has been an active member of the First Congregational Church of Granby since 1954. She has taught Sunday School in her church, served on several committees was a loyal member of the choir. After retirement, she taught ESL, volunteered as a reader for a second grade class, experimented with stained glass, studied writing for children, built and learned to play a dulcimer. At the age of 80 she wrote her first poem and discovered a hidden talent. She has been compared to Robert Frost. Many areas of interest and wrote her first poem at the age of 80. These poems are collected here for your entertainment and inspiration.

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WestBow Press rev. date: 08/27/2018

Contents

Introduction

Family, Farm, Friends

What Happened

Walter Palmer Lathrop, Jr

Goam

Talking to Jay

Special Moments

Special Moments

On a Small Hill

So You Think You’re Cold

Christmas in the Old Farmhouse

The Hay Barn

Connections

An Extra Grandma

Lunch with a 3-year Old

Nightmare

Creation

The Stump

The Briar Patch: Part I

The Briar Patch: Part I

The River

Is There Hope?

February 2

Will She Come?

The Oak Tree

Glimpses of Nature

Morning Walk

In the Cornfield

An Ode to Spring

My Mis-Adventure

Autumn

Gaia’s Lament

The Cornfield

Sunrise

Botanicus Anonymous

Living Water

Along A Dirt Road

Cat-Tails

The Heralds

Weather Forecast

Look Up’

The Plight of the Butterfly

Nightmare

Spirit

The Wind

Who I Am

Music Prayer

Standing Tall

Ode to Aging

Why do I Give?

Victory

A Journey

Can’t Sleep

Inclusive Language

The Manger

This and That

Awake???

Solitaire

Oh, Plastic Tree

Darkroom Experiment

A Sabbath Day

Honor Guard

Old Codgers

Relief

Today

Holes

The Mug

Apples

Mystery

Introduction

Three brothers, Jason 2 ½, Ralph 8, Palmer 12 ½ and one sister, Merle 5

Were there to greet me when I arrived.

Now there were 5 children.

Before my first birthday Ralph was the victim of a fatal traffic accident.

Now we were only 4

Less than a year later Lucy was welcomed into our family.

5 of us again

Palmer became a casualty of WW2 when I was 13.

Now only 4 of us

We grew up, married, had children and grandchildren

Merle became head of the family.

Eventually only Lucy and I remained.

Shortly after Merle and Jay had passed on

I visited Lucy in Maine.

Our conversations often centered around our missing siblings

Particularly the brothers we hardly knew.

On my return to Granby I attended my first poetry meeting

I broke down in tears

Trying to explain where I was and what I had been doing lately

For 2 reasons

1. my brothers were all deceased

2. I had finally realized how much of an impact Ralph’s death had on me.