The Write Stuff

Looking at life from a different POV.

Sojourner Truth always was a powerful singer.

From The Daily Dig By Susannah Black In 1844, in a field outside the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, a gang of young men showed up at a revival meeting, making trouble. The meeting’s organizers grew angry; the men – more than a hundred – redoubled their uproar. One of the meeting attendees, a forty-seven-year-old woman,…

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Books Published

I edit, design, and publish books when I’m not writing. I’ve created a new page in the menu to tell you about these books. I hope you’ll read a few of them.

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I Heard the Bells

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play, and mild and sweetThe words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to men!And thought how, as the day had come,The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled alongThe unbroken songOf peace on earth, good-will to men!Till ringing,…

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A Civil War Poem

Have you any old grudges you would like to pay,Any wrongs lad up from a bygone day?Gather them now and lay them awayWhen Christmas comes.Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend,And life is short from beginning to end;Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mendWhen Christmas comes.William Haines Lytle I ran across this poem…

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Christmas is Coming

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fatPlease put a penny in the old man’s hatIf you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will doIf you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you!Unknown “Christmas is Coming” is a Christmas carol traditionally sung in the round. It’s origin is unknown. The traditional version of this song uses…

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