Christmas Season
Christmas music wafts
in from the living room—it’s
the best time of year.
Christmas with Children
They tear through presents,
shriek, play, clap—and another
Christmas flashes past.
Present
Today I try to
notice everything about
them, watching, loving.
These are excerpts from Life: a definition of terms, a book of haiku poetry. For more of Rachel’s poems, visit her Reader Library page, where you can get a couple of volumes for free.