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 Fall 2025 is here, a time to celebrate God’s beauty and prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here are a few snippets from some autumn poems to get you in the mood for a festive fall. If a poem catches your dance, click Read More to enjoy the full poem.   We will be adding more poetry throughout the season, so check back for more autumn poems for 2025. All poems are (c) by their respective authors   November Nostalgia November Nostalgia  The last golden leaves  Fell from the trees  And blew in the breeze.  The colors so bright,  Multi-hued delight.  Autumn took a wrong turn;  Colors we rarely see In Tennessee –  How the hillsides burn… Read more October Musings—a Fall Poem ~ October has become the month of all things Halloween, so it’s time to reclaim it for the light ~  October Musings—a Poem for Fall  In a dark woods on this October night  An owl hoots his haunting lament.  No wonder Stygian nights like...

  Thanksgiving is almost here! It’s time to think about holiday trips, turkey and dressing, family, Thanksgiving history, and most of all, Him to Whom we give thanks for all our many blessings. Here are a few articles to help get our minds in a thankful place   William Bradford’s ‘A Call to Thanksgiving’ It was November of 1623. Three years before, the Pilgrims had left left their homes, jobs and extended families and braved a perilous voyage to a strange world to escape religious persecution in England. They survived the treacherous ocean voyage to come to a newe land and face a harsh climate without food or shelter. Arriving without shelter and with… Read more President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits… Read more Remarks by President Bush on Thanksgiving 2007 President Bush tells the story of the Berkeley Thanksgiving. The Presid...

 Fall is well underway in 2024 bringing fall colors, falling leaves and a cool breeze after a long, hot summer. Here are some poems to get you in a seasonal autumn mood   Fall Poems When Autumn Calls When Autumn Calls, a Fall Poem: As the green of summer leavesAnd the breezes stir the treesTheir cover heaves with color:Older leaves are rediscovered.God’s brush begins to touch:Oh the blush of reddened bush!Yellows too, so bright and trueBedeck sky blue with gorgeous hues.Autumn browns too… Read more The Leaves of October Oh, I want to dance with the leaves of October That merrily twirl in the air, To blend with the yellow, the reds, and the golds of them. To dance in the wind without care. And I want to run in the warm Autumn sun, Skip under the azure blue sky, To drift with the breeze among billowing leaves… Read more A Colorado Fall ~ A Colorado Fall, an autumn poem ~ In the brilliance of the golden leaves I feel His presence there. Stirring through the quaking breeze His Spi...

In honor of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick, whose life we celebrate every March 17, here is my shamrock of three poems written for Saint Patrick's Day. Continue reading: celtic | Shamrock: Three Poems for Saint Patrick's Day | Christian Activities

Holidays are sad and lonely times for many people -- a poem and a devotional. Yule Haiku -- A Devotional about Holiday Loneliness | Christian Activities

My father and me  My father would be 105 if he were alive today. Although he has been gone for many year, and I am now a woman of 61, I still miss him very much. If you still have your dad, make peace, make up, and tell him you love him. Happy Father's Day! Father's Day Haiku How everlasting Are the bonds between fathers And their little girls. -- Kathryn Darden This poem is part of a larger collection of stories and research for an  upcoming biography of William A. Darden —a man in whose footsteps I still follow. The narrative traces an extraordinary arc from a Nashville childhood on Fatherland Street to the classrooms of Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech, to Sundar Nagar, India. A veteran of WWII, Darden’s life remained deeply rooted in the history of the family home at Tick Hill and his wife’s family legacy at Ransom Place. This project goes beyond the uniform to uncover the man himself, moving from the halls of Central High to the final years in Brentwood. To be notif...

Col. William Allen Darden For Father's Day, why not give your father the gift of appreciation? This collection of Father's Day poetry was written in honor of father's everywhere, but most especially, for my own father. Father's Day Acrostic F athers are not appreciated A s much as they should be. T hey toil at work and work at home H oping to meet out needs, E ach day beings new occasions -- R easons for appreciation, S howing thanks for his deeds. D ad, I wish I could tell you this, A s I sit with m y memories -- Y ou are so very dearly missed. From: Father's Day Acrostic - a Father's Day Poem Father's Day Haiku How everlasting Are the bonds between fathers And their little girls. May 11, 2009   From: Fathers & Daughters - a Father's Day Haiku Poem   For Father's Day For all the times I never told you thank you, For all the times I ignored what you said, For all the years I acted so indifferent, I want to say how much I thank yo...

  A Man like You & Journey to the Sea Kathryn E. Darden ,  Yahoo Contributor Network ~ A Man like You  ~ A poem about temptation and the corrupting influence of power inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's Witchking in "The Lord of the Rings" Once I rode a pony small; I sat upon my father's knee. My mother sang fair lullabies And placed her warm arms around me. My father said, "Be strong! Be brave! And strive to win whate'er you do." I scarce remember, just in dreams That once I was a man like you. Once my father passed away, And I ascended to the throne, My mother said, "Be strong. Be brave, And make this kingdom now your own." I took the sword. I chose the blade And wielded it to claim my due. At least it seems thus in my dreams, When once I was a man like you. Once a noble came to me Austere he looked in raiment grand. Reading the desires of my heart, He placed the future in my hand. To me ...