Advent is here! Our priest announced last Sunday, “Happy New Year” because the Episcopal liturgical year begins with Advent. Jone inspired us to write about the Advent words- hope, peace, joy, and love.
For Spiritual Thursday, I offer an image poem for each word of advent.
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For the first Poetry Friday each month, the Inklings do a challenge. This month Heidi asked us to write a letter to an article of clothing. Last year, I bought a cozy robe at the L.L. Bean store in Maine. The weather has turned dreary and cold here this week, so my robe is doing its job keeping me warm. I didn’t write a letter, though. I took an idea from fellow Inkling Molly Hogan to write a Wordle haiku with the three words I guessed today. If you haven’t done Thursday’s puzzle yet, you can come back later.
Blue plush peace fleece
a strip of fake fur cuff
Tulip in winter.
To see how other Inklings did the challenge, check out their posts.
Reflections on the Teche 
I do love the hopeful anticipation of Advent…a peaceful kind of waiting, reminding us to slow down, be still, savor…and good things are coming! Thanks for all. xo
I love your minimalist approach and your choice of an LL Bean article of clothing — my barn coat is LL Bean, too!
How sweet to be a tulip in winter! Thanks for keeping us warm in the glow of your Advent candles, Margaret.
Love the alliteration and personification in your poems, Margaret. Especially love Joy dressed in pink.
The thought of your haiku for your robe bringing comfort after reading your words of Advent bring warmth all together, Margaret, praise songs!
COZY! I’ve always thought of tulips as cool, resistant as they are to earliest spring temps, but now your blue plush peace has warmed up my view! I also like the line “Peace plays bowls of sound.”
Margaret, the advent wreath is circular with no beginning and no end. The advent words are circular as well as we go from hope to peace to joy to love and then start all over again. The pink joy speaks to the anticipation of the love Christmas brings. Bob
Margaret–I know you so much better now–thank you, Denver! ❤
And like Rose, your wonderful alliteration and personification stood out for me…as well as your word-smarts and your big heart.
It’s the simple, small, captures of imagery that just get me…the peace of blue plush. It’s everything. Beautiful. Thank you.
Dear Margaret, Your candle creativity with words & glow, stills my busy heart & your tulip discovery about that robe is cosily InVenTive. I so much appreciate You & Reflections on the Teche. Your big fan, JAN
Margaret, I appreciate the focus that advent brings to our season and our faith. It invites renewal. Blessing to you and all yours this Christmas.
Your image poems are stunning. What a wonderful way to highlight those four themes of Advent! I didn’t realize that Advent is the beginning of the Episcopal liturgical year. Always something new to learn!
Margaret, I’m happy someone looked at the words for advent. Iove your illustration and haiku.
Also, that’s for having the SJT signup open. I enjoyed the wordle haiku about your robe
Margaret, your poem for each word and candle of Advent is creative and helpful for remembering these reasons for the season. I’ll be that robe is a little slice of heaven in these days of cold winter weather.
Beautiful short poems to carry us through Advent, Margaret. I love that Hope hears my voice!
Your Advent poems are lovely and the image works so well with them. I love that you chose to try a Wordle poem and then wrote a haiku about an article of clothing from Maine! Isn’t it fun to see where the words take you!?
Yes! I’d have never considered using the word tulip. I love my Maine bathrobe.
Margaret, your poems ooze love and warmth–exactly what I need this cold morning!