Our Lives in Verse: Everyday Poetry

By Ann Brubaker Greenleaf Wirtz

Our Lives in Verse, Everyday Poetry is a whimsical, observational contemplation about our common life. Poems are nestled into three basic sections, “Months of the Year; Home and Family; and Everyday Musings.” There is a poem for each calendar month and for the celebration of Christmas. Poetry also includes thoughts about community, family, and regions of the country. The hard work of the farmer is appreciated. Curious considerations about the serendipitous nature of life, our duties, and genealogy capture the imagination. There is even a poem to elucidate a life truth called “The Pollyanna Principle.” Throughout, faith is a foundational presence. Prayers of invocation accompany some of the poetry. Our Lives in Verse presents thirty-five thoughtful, humorous, and joy filled poems that dovetail with the command in Philippians 4:8 to think about those things that are lovely, wholesome, and true to life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Sep 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781664276383

Ann Brubaker Greenleaf Wirtz

Ann Brubaker Greenleaf Wirtz is an award-winning author, in 2011 receiving the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians for The Henderson County Curb Market (2010). She has written Sorrow Answered (2006), Hand of Mercy (2015), and numerous articles for local newspapers. Short stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul and in seven Divine Moments Books by Grace Publishing House. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina, with her beloved husband, Patrick Wirtz. She has an adored son and daughter-in-law, granddaughter and grandson.

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Dedicate

d to

Patrick

My dearest husband, ever my encourager …

To

My WOW Writers’ Group

Betsy, Carol, Karin, Leanna, Sunny

Who never gave up on me …

To

Anne and Bob & Lynn and Ronald

Friends dear to my heart …

And to

Arie Todd, Dewa, Divya, Aarush

My dearest, most precious family …

Deeply grateful to all.

HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE

As a baby boomer who grew up on classical literature and fun and inspiring poetry, I have ever