Hopeful

Five years ago, Jan Chronister decided to create a chapbook reviewing the previous twelve months to send to family and friends instead of a Christmas letter. Two of those chapbooks have won awards. Hopeful is the fifth in that series and contains poems written during the preceding twelve months. The book begins and ends in Georgia with the Wisconsin summer in the middle. Though personal in nature, Jan's work touches on the universal themes of family, aging, and death. Comfort and hope are found in the cycles of nature and the beauty we often overlook.