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.