I have found such joy in simple things;
A plain clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread,
A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings,
The shelter of a roof above my head,
And in a leaf-laced square along a floor,
Where yellow sunlight glimmers through a door.
I have found such joy in things that fill
My quiet days; a curtain’s blowing grace,
A potted plant upon my window sill,
A rose fresh-cut and placed within a vase,
A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair,
And books I long have loved beside me there.
(Grace Noll Crowell)
More Poetry from Grace Noll Crowell:
- Farmington (Grace Noll Crowell Poems)
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- The Common Tasks (Grace Noll Crowell Poems)
- Thank You Friend (Grace Noll Crowell Poems)