Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world, With the wonderful water around you curled....Matthew BrowneFirst day on the planetYour little legs are wobbly—your big eyes Taking it all in, wondering at every new thing,Your coat warm with sunshine.Your ears are large to catch All the new sounds, even your own voice,Your pink nose learning the smell of milkYour white face... Continue Reading →

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. Reginald HeberSpring comes up and smacks us awakeWith scents of daffodils, with colors that startleShout aloud—Hallelujah!

For lo, the winter is  past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of the birds is come.Song of Solomon 2:11-12Even before the grass blades struggle upAnd teen boys sigh at the vision Of lawns to mow—lawns green and plush—pulsingGrowing faster thanA five-year-old boy thinks he can run;Before... Continue Reading →