Julie Andrews' Treasury for All Seasons: Poems and Songs to Celebrate the Year by Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews' Treasury for All Seasons: Poems and Songs to Celebrate the Year by Julie Andrews
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My thoughts: This book really is a keepsake. Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, have collected, written, and organized a wonderful collection of poetry to serve every season. Not only the seasons of the year, but seasons of life. As I picked it up to peek at it, I found myself on my second poem. My heart was lightened, my soul awakened, and I found I was grinning.

Sometimes I forget to grin.

But the endorphines were flowing and I kept reading. And now I am sharing.

Bruce Lansky wrote a poem on New Year's Resolutions:

Last year I did some rotten things.
This year I will do better.
Here are some resolutions
I will follow to the letter:

I won't make dumb excuses
when my homework isn't done;
when the truth is that I did no work
'cause I was having fun...

... I will not do these rotten things;
my heart is full of sorrow.
But I have got some brand-new tricks
to try in school tomorrow.

A snippet of Jack Prelutsky:

I made my dog a valentine,
she sniffed it very hard,
then chewed on it a little while
and left it in the yard.

On Christening, David McCord wrote:

When I was christened
they held me up
and poured some water
out of a cup.

The trouble was
it fell on me,
and I and water
don't agree.

A lot of christeners
stood and listened:
I let them know
that I was christened.

And some more serious like Myra Cohn Livingston on the Passover:

Out of a land
that held us slaves,

Under the wings
of the angel of death,

Over hot sands,
across the seas,

We sing again
with freedom's breath.

Don't you feel just a little lighter? Don't you have at least a pleasant smile gracing your face?

It's missed you. Read this one and welcome that smile back.



*I received a free copy of this book from publishing company in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.