Violet Nesdoly
Merit Award 2007 Utmost Christian Poetry Contest $50
About this Christian Poet:
Violet Nesdoly lives in Surrey, B.C. with her husband and is the mother of two young-adult children. Freelance writing fills her work days. Other poems by her have been accepted and/or published at Utmost Christian Writers, Poets Online (Archive), M. B. Herald, Capper's Magazine, Birds and Blooms, Prairie Messenger, Glad Tidings (Presbyterian) and Time of Singing.
Among her many other achievements, Violet Nesdoly is Utmost's International Christian Poet Laureate for 2006.
Converting To Childhood
Jesus: “... unless you are converted and become as little children
you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 18:3
You lose sophistication and veneer
and become clear
sing, skip and play
easily laugh and cry
then fall asleep without a care
for Daddy is nearby.
No longer do you worry
about whether there will be
food to eat, clothes to wear
how to get from here to there.
You’re malleable clay again
learning your family’s ways and graces.
And once again you fit
into small places.
Copyright ©2007 by Violet Nesdoly