Product Description
by Carrie a. Bucalo (Illustrator), Rita a. Simmonds (Author)
In these poems, Rita Simmonds breathes fresh new life into the Christmas narrative and more. Reverent yet reinvigorating, delightful yet profound, personal yet universal, these poems draw us anew into our own relation to the Infant Birth, to the Star we seek to follow, to holiday traditions, even to the trees that we adorn at Christmas yet have a life of their own year round. GREETING THE SEASONS is a gift for us all. Peggy Rosenthal, author of THE POETS' JESUS
Author Biography
Rita A. Simmonds was born in Rochester, New York. She received her BA from Hofstra University and her MA from Teachers College, Columbia University. For several years, she worked for the City University of New York, teaching English as a Second Language. Simmonds is a three-time winner of the Best Original Poetry category at the annual Catholic Press Association Awards (2011, 2010, 2004), as well as a winner of numerous second and third place CPA awards. She is a regular contributor to MAGNIFICAT magazine, and has published two other books of poetry: SOULS AND THE CITY and BITTERNESS AND SWEET LOVE: THE WAY OF THE CROSS AND OTHER LENTEN POEMS. Simmonds lives in Brooklyn, New York with her two sons.
