mindsinger1 | November 14, 2008
My child,
I have loved you with an awesome
and a mighty love.
Before the foundations of the earth
were laid,
before the singing suns
rose in the dawning of time,
I knew you.
My little child,
you are the most precious of my
possessions.
I love you beyond the height or depth
of your understanding.
My joy and my delight are in you,
and the wonder in [...]
mindsinger1 | November 12, 2008
These are high and holy days of the soul.
All ground is sacred for Jesus walks it with me.
My child brought me a gift today;
a flower covered with kisses,
well-warmed in sandy fingers.
A bird sang in the rose arbor,
I saw a nest there yesterday.
The calico cat is batting at a columbine.
The distant grumbling [...]
Donna Swanson, poet, author, lyricist and artist, lives on the edge of the Great Prairie in Indiana. She has written and published seven books, soon to be eight, and is working on a chapbook trilogy of poetry introduced by Gloria Gaither. She has carved three full-size carousel figures and dozens of miniatures. Swanson writes two columns for her home-town newspaper: one for adults, Donna’s Country Roads, and one for children, Granny’s Place. Bible student and teacher of adult Bible classes for over thirty years, her poetry and prose are deeply rooted in her faith.
