His poem “Christmas in the Heart” describes the ... with a “staff of pine” and “ivy-wreath” from entering a military camp. Jolly Old Saint Nick tries to explain that he’s come ...

Since 1998 during the week of Christmas, the Messenger Index has printed “A Soldier’s Poem.” The poem was written by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal James Schmidt in 1986. Written in the ...

RETIRED educator Inez Peet released her latest book of poetry in celebration of the Christmas season. Mrs Peet, who was awarded the British Empire Medal for her service to the Commonwealth of the ...

is asking for donations to help with sending Christmas letters with her poems within them and has over 500 pen-pals, including veterans, to whom she sends poems. Brown has been formally recognized ...