I have found such joy in simple things;
A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread,
A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings,
The shelter of a roof above my head.
And in a leaf-laced square along the floor,
Where yellow sunlight glimmers through the door.
I have found such joy in things that fill
My quiet days: a curtain’s blowing grace,
A potted plant upon my windowsill,
A rose, fresh-cut and placed within a vase;
A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair,
And books I long have loved beside me there.
~ Grace Noll Crowell, from I Have Found Such Joy
Notes:
- Photo: Nicola Davison Reed
- Grace Noll Crowell (October 31, 1877 – March 31, 1969) was an American poet, author of 36 books of inspirational verse and 5,000 poems.
- Poem via Liquid Light and Running Trees.