World Peace

watercolor - 2025 / Jan Darrow

In the Beginning

winter 

rises above a blue belly

and builds the frozen earth

rapidly.

Sky hues and pale rose

flesh autumn’s remains.

Spring is lost below the horizon.

White

inky snow

feeds the growth -

and we whirl away

into darkness.

Winter Poems: Building Sound - Available on Amazon

photo: pixabay

A Ghost Story for Christmas - THE SIGNAL-MAN

Written by Charles Dickens and published in 1866 in a Christmas edition of his magazine, All the Year Round, The Signal-Man is a ghost story - and who doesn’t love a good ghost story? This BBC production is perfect for a holiday winter evening. Yes I recommend! 

https://youtu.be/I89tiXorwBQ?si=dNQAZCA_WKvVcnJO

Turkeys

Coming home last Thursday I came upon a group of turkeys that (obviously) escaped Thanksgiving!   

Ringing in the New Year

watercolor - 2025/ Jan Darrow 

 

Wishing everyone peace, joy, prosperity, good health, and love for 2026!

❤️ Jan

Happy Thanksgiving!

 gratitude: the state of being grateful: THANKFULNESS 

Nighttime is Never Late

The sky grew dark

tonight

right on time.

Nighttime is never 

late.

The earth 

never stops turning.

And the sun

always rises.

In a way 

that makes 

everything easier

because

there are so many things

in life

you can

never count on.

(C) Jan Darrow 2025 - photo: Pixabay

Autumn

No one believes

there is a ghost in the woods.

I think now about the drive out of town.

The gold leaves drifting into shadows.

The shifting trees.

You brought me here

into the long dry grass.

You promised

a memory -

when we were young

and you were .. everything.

From Winter Poems: Building Sound

(C) Jan Darrow - Photo Pixabay

Impact

My flash fiction piece titled Impact was published today by Freedom Fiction Journal! Click the link below to visit my story and this wonderful journal.

https://www.freedomfiction.com/

Happy Halloween! 👻

Dear Readers,

Thank you so, so much for supporting my books this year - especially Autumn Poetry: A Collection for the Season. Hopefully it helped get you into an autumn state of mind.

Every year October goes by so fast, yet luckily, I still find time to enjoy the changing colors and autumn light. I never tire of it. I hope you have time to enjoy it too!

Jan 🧡

                       Chinese lanterns - Pixabay