This Christmas poem is much longer than the two-stanza excerpt ... Yet it’s also hopeful, asking for prayers for peace and an end to all war. American writer and poet James Whitcomb Riley ...

And ends with a prayer to the Christ Child ... I would complete my choice of what might be called “Christmas Day” poetry by moving to the late 20th century and the understated tension of ...

“Soon it will be Christmas … I'm asking for your prayers and love gifts to help me send letters and poems amid the pandemic. As I have said in newspapers before, many people need ...

So, Arthur Riley began writing her own liturgies, centering Black emotions, experiences, memories and bodies in every prayer, mantra and poem. As she shared the liturgies on social media ...

His poem “Christmas in the Heart” describes the ... Yet it’s also hopeful, asking for prayers for peace and an end to all war. Shadows of shadows – things that once have been.