Hearts on Pilgrimage

"I've no chisel but this pen chipping at paper like stone" begins Hearts on Pilgrimage, but what a chisel author Jody L. Collins wields in this exquisitely sculpted collection of quiet poems that bring comfort, contemplation, and gratitude in difficult times. Her poetry echoes the seasons, from winter's dormancy and spring's new life to summer's exuberant growth and the fall harvest, looking through the lens of a physical world that also mirrors our interior lives. Whether it's picking autumn raspberries, listening to a violent thunderstorm, witnessing the first flight of a chickadee, or contemplating the memory of an absent father, Collins invites us to slow down and notice the extraordinary everyday moments in our journeys with nature, Christianity, spirituality, and family.