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Branches in Bloom
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781777721183
Publisher: Mary Grace Van Der Kroef
Published: Aug 1 2023
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Let nature speak to you through poetry that is vivid, honest, and full of quiet awe.
Branches in Bloom by Mary Grace van der Kroef is a nature-inspired Christian poetry collection that traces the turning of the year from Spring through Winter, with each section reflecting a different season of both the earth and the soul. If you love gentle, reflective poems that make you notice birdsong, falling leaves, fresh-cut grass, and the first snowfall, this book will feel like coming home.
Organized into six parts - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Creatures, and Moments - this collection invites you to slow down and look again at the world around you:
- In Spring, Pots of Hope and Green Spaces celebrate new life, thawing ground, and the courage it takes for small seeds to push into the light.
- In Summer, poems like Brave Reflection and Forget Me Not revel in warmth, water, color, and the lush abundance that seems almost too much to hold.
- In Autumn, Maple Red, Falling's Purpose, and Autumn's Dignity explore beauty in change, the richness of letting go, and the glory that can be found in endings.
- In Winter, pieces such as Dance of Frozen Rains, Morning Snow, and Winter's Whisper honor stillness, starkness, and the strange comfort of cold and quiet.
- In Creatures, you will meet hummingbirds, eagles, mourning doves, blue jays, ravens, starlings, sparrows, and even an Arachnid Artist, all revealing personality, purpose, and playful wonder.
- In Moments, poems like Mountain Glory, Rain Soaked, and Storm capture those fleeting instants of awe that remind us we are small and yet deeply seen.
Mary Grace writes from a Christian worldview, but her poetry is never heavy-handed. Instead, she lets Scripture and faith shimmer through images and metaphors. A line of birdsong becomes a choir of hope. An autumn forest turns into a cathedral of color. Frost painting a window, a harvest moon watching over a sleeping child, and the Sabbath rest of a Sunday afternoon all testify quietly to a Creator who cares for His people and His world.
This poetry book is perfect for:
- Evening wind-down reading
- Gifting to a friend who loves nature, gardening, or birds
- Personal reflection during changing seasons or life transitions
- Adding a quiet, contemplative voice to your Christian bookshelf
- Anyone seeking comfort, hope, and a renewed sense of wonder
With simple yet evocative language, Mary Grace van der Kroef paints scenes you can feel and smell: the chill of soil beneath your fingertips, the scent of yesterday's leaves becoming tomorrow's growth, the muted hush of snow as it blankets the world, the rush of rain against city streets. Her poems are short enough to read in a moment but deep enough to stay with you throughout the day.
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