Carol of Joy, Eileen Berry
We recently enjoyed the annual Festival of Carols at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis. During it we sang this beautiful poem by Eileen Berry entitled “Carol of Joy” (2007, Beckenhorst Press) set to music by Dan Forrest. It’s nearly impossible to add anything substantial to, much less improve upon, the church’s traditional coterie of Christmas hymns but this is a worthy addition: Green leaves all fallen, withered and dry; Brief sunset fading, dim winter […]