five kids and mum
trudging all the way home
with our fresh-cut pine—
until an angel crammed us
into his v-dub beetle
Julie Thorndyke
angels
Littlest Angel
angel wings
fluttering on her back
her tinsel halo
floating as high
as my hopes for her
© Julie Thorndyke
Seen and Unseen
we walk
with angels, seen
and unseen…
their music, their laughter
their powerful god-speed
© Julie Thorndyke
Image: Hesiod Listening to the Inspirations of the Muse
Edmond-François Aman-Jean – circa 1890
Julie Anne Thorndyke 